Synonyms for inner city
in·ner city

Princeton's WordNet

1. inner citynoun

   the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city

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1. • Center
   • City

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1. Von Spakovsky:

   They are using federal housing money intended to improve the bad housing of poor Americans as the lever to force compliance with these new regulations, but that money is most needed in blighted, inner city urban neighborhoods, where there are a large number of African Americans. This federal utopian vision will divert that needed federal money into suburbs where it is not needed, leaving poor Americans living in substandard, terrible housing.

2. Jacqueline Dace:

   This is not normal. Normally within the surrounded areas of St. Louis city, we may get flooding but it doesn't impact the inner city as much as it has this week.

3. Mark Rank:

   One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All. we focus a lot of time on ... inner-city, minority groups living in dilapidated housing as an image of poverty in this country.

4. Vaughn Dickerson:

   We're trying to actively get more kids involved with after-school programs such as computer literacy, teaching them how to write essays, math, social studies, science, this is what's needed for these inner-city youths to keep them active. If they don't have no parks to go to, no boys and girls clubs, no after-school activities, what do you expect, they're going to get in trouble.

5. 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.