Meaning of skid row | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by abandoned or run-down buildings and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution, and frequented by homeless people.
   Canada, US, countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of skid row.
   alt-of
3. Several neighborhoods in the United States and Canada associated with crime, homelessness or the lumber industry:
4. A neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.
5. A situation of great desperation or misfortune.
   Canada, US, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable
6. A neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States.
7. A neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, also called the Gateway District
8. A neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States, also called the Bowery
9. A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States, also called Old Town-Chinatown
10. A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
11. A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada called the DTES, commonly referred to as east hastings

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