a ghetto
A part of the city where poor people live, and it's so bad, you can barely breathe. It's like the city decided to throw all the poor people in one spot.
That neighborhood is a real ghetto. It’s like the city threw all the poor people in one spot.
He lives in the ghetto, and the only thing he has is a couch and a microwave.
The school is in the ghetto, and the kids don’t even have pencils.