Definitions for inner city
in·ner city

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1. inner citynoun

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

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1. inner citynoun

   The interior, central part of a city, as opposed to the suburbs

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1. inner city

   An inner city is typically referred to as the central area of a major city or metropolis. It often houses business districts and cultural institutions and may sometimes be characterized by high population density, infrastructure such as public transportation, and sometimes socio-economic challenges such as poverty or outdated housing. The term may have different connotations depending on the country or region.

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1. Inner City

   The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis. In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, the term is often a euphemism applied to the lower-income residential districts in the city centre and nearby areas. In the United States, the term has the additional connotation of impoverished black and/or Hispanic neighborhoods. Sociologists in these countries sometimes turn this euphemism into a formal designation, applying the term inner city to such residential areas rather than to geographically more central commercial districts. However, the euphemism is increasingly inaccurate and irrelevant as inner city areas of American cities have undergone gentrification especially since the 1990s. Such connotations are less common in other countries, where deprived areas may be located in outlying parts of cities. For instance, in many European cities, the inner city is the most prosperous part of the metropolis, where housing is expensive and where elites and high-income individuals dwell. Poverty and crime are more associated with the distant suburbs. The Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Swedish words for suburb often have a negative connotation similar to that of the English term inner city, especially when used in the plural.

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How to pronounce inner city?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say inner city in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of inner city in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of inner city in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of inner city in a Sentence

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. Jean Guerrero:

   Hell, I was on the Jay Leno Show about the book, and the LA Times couldn't care less, by any standards, I'm a success story, come from the inner city … I defy anybody to follow my father's past: eighth grade drop out, buying a house that cost $600,000 by working two jobs. You could never do it. They don't care about that, but they care about calling me a sellout, and Uncle Tom, and Jean Guerrero and the LA Times should be ashamed of themselves.

3. 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.

4. Mexican American:

   I'm Mexican American. I grew up in Chicago, inner city, with parents who did not speak English, i'm glad I had that experience, but I also can tell Mexican American that those social determinants of health are really meaningful in our communities.

5. 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.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=inner city
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inner_City
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=inner city