BACKWATER

[noun] [C] - a part of a river where the water does not flow, or (figurative disapproving) a place which is not influenced by new ideas or events that happen in other places, and which does not changeWe tied the boat up in a quiet backwater overnight.(figurative) He grew up in a rural backwater.(figurative) She decided that life in the backwaters of Yorkshire was too dull, so she moved to London.(figurative) This town is a real cultural backwater - it doesn't even have a cinema.Compare jerkwater.