noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ crowded , overcrowded , teeming
▪ sprawling , vast
▪ poor
▪ filthy
▪ notorious
▪ city , inner-city ( esp. BrE ), urban
▪ tenement
▪ rural
▪ immigrant ( esp. AmE )
VERB + SLUM
▪ clear ( esp. BrE ), demolish
▪ live in
▪
25% of the city lives in ~s.
SLUM + NOUN
▪ conditions
▪ area , district , neighbourhood/neighborhood , street
▪ dwelling , housing ( esp. BrE ), property , tenement
▪ clearance
▪ children , dwellers , kids ( informal )
▪ life
▪ landlord ( esp. BrE ) ( slumlord in AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ from the ~s
▪
a kid from the ~s
▪ in a/the ~s
▪
born in the ~s of East London