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skid rownoun
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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.
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A colloquial designation of a run-down district of Los Angeles.
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skid rownoun
a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts
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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.
Skid Row has become less transient, the history of skid row goes back to a transient neighborhood associated with the railroad. The true definition of transient is short term. Now it's long term. It's become a neighborhood.
Skid Row is a 54-block area that has the largest homeless number of individuals in the country.
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.
Believe it or not, I tell them, 'Honey, this is not what you want to do,' it's the end of the line. This is skid row. ... This shit will kill you.
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