Synonyms for skid row
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1. skid rownoun

   Synonyms:
   skid road

2. skid rownoun

   An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by run-down or abandoned buildings, alcoholism and homelessness, and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution.

   Synonyms:
   skid road

3. skid rownoun

   A colloquial designation of a run-down district of Los Angeles.

   Synonyms:
   skid road

Princeton's WordNet

1. skid rownoun

   a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts

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1. • Slum

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1. Gary Blasi:

   There's no doubt that in the short run, this will reduce the number of encampments on Skid Row and increase property values, but in the long run, I fear it could make things worse by serving as an excuse to turn to police to clear people off sidewalks.

2. Deon Joseph:

   I believe the extremes of both ideologies are what created Skid Row, by that, I mean the extreme right believes in NIMBYism -- not in my back yard. We'll shove all our problems into downtown LA and come down once a month and throw food and clothes at them and feel good about ourselves.

3. James Knox:

   He comes down to the inner city, to Skid Row, which is one of the most challenging areas to live in and he runs so freely.

4. Deon Joseph:

   This is where people's good intentions go in Skid Row, people donate clothes, and they're thrown in Los Angeles Street. People urinate, defecate in Los Angeles Street. Nobody cleans it up.

5. Deon Joseph:

   The shelters and the missions here, they give food and clothes to draw people in to get the services to that help people get on their feet -- like drug programs, alcohol programs, domestic violence program, job programs, but many of the folks from here won't use them, because they're getting their needs met on the streets of Skid Row.