rundown section of a city. favela . shanty town . slum . run-down neighborhood .
What are poor areas called?
Although slums , especially in the United States, are usually located in urban areas, in other countries they can be located in suburban areas where housing quality is low and living conditions are poor.
What is another word for bad neighborhood?
| low-income neighborhood council estate | housing scheme project | rough area run-down neighborhood | shanty town skid row | slum tenement housing |
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What do you call a low-income neighborhood?
Noun. Area with poverty . poor area . council estate .
What is a poor neighborhood?
Neighborhood poverty is characterized by the percentage of households that live in poverty within a census tract . ... Sizable numbers of high- and middle-income families live in high-poverty neighborhoods, and even more income variation is evident in low-poverty neighborhoods.
How do you say poor in a nice way?
1 needy , indigent, impoverished, destitute, penniless, poverty-stricken, necessitous, straitened. 5 meager.
What does it mean to live in a disadvantaged neighborhood?
“Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with access to food, safety, environmental exposures, and many other health-related factors ,” she says. “Individuals who live in such neighborhoods are more apt to develop certain diseases and to die earlier from those diseases.”
What is the income to be considered poor?
| Persons in family/household Poverty guideline | 1 $12,880 | 2 $17,420 | 3 $21,960 | 4 $26,500 |
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How do you politely say poor?
- destitute.
- impoverished.
- low.
- meager.
- needy.
- penniless.
- poverty-stricken.
- underprivileged.
What can I say instead of low income?
| poor destitute | impoverished broke | disadvantaged needy | underprivileged deprived | low-paid on the breadline |
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What is the poorest place in Hawaii?
| Town Percent Below Poverty Level Rank | Maunaloa 68.5% 1 | Eden Roc 39.3% 2 | Makaha Valley 32.8% 3 | Pepeekeo 32.3% 4 |
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What is the poorest part of London?
The most concentrated areas of high poverty are in areas such as Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham , and the north east of London. There are also noticeable pockets of high poverty rates in areas in west London, such as in Brent and the north ends of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.
What makes a city poor?
The income elasticity of demand for land is too low for urban poverty to come from wealthy individuals' wanting to live where land is cheap (the traditional explanation of urban poverty). ... The urbanization of poverty comes mainly from better access to public transportation in central cities.
What do you call a poor man?
down-and-out . guttersnipe . indigent . mendicant .
What word can you use instead of happy?
- blissful,
- delighted,
- glad,
- joyful,
- joyous,
- jubilant,
- rejoicing,
- tickled.
What is the strongest word for poor?
- needy,
- pauperized,
- penniless,
- penurious,
- poverty-stricken,
- skint.
- [chiefly British],
- threadbare.
