slum
An area marked by poverty and worn-out housing. A ghetto might be poor, or it might not be: the crucial distinction is that living outside the ghetto is not a choice that members of the oppressed group can make. Even those who have managed to escape the restraints of poverty are confined to the ghetto by virtue of their membership in the subjugated group. (Fullilove, 2004, 26) To some, “they menace the health and security of the whole community.” (Saylor, 1952) Jane Jacobs referred to two kinds of poor neighborhoods: perpetual slums and I slumming neighborhoods. They may look the same initially but are on different trajectories due to the actions of area residents. A slum would endure if residents left as quickly as they could. A neighborhood could transform itself if people wanted to stay. It is the investment of the money, and love that makes the difference. (Fullilove, 2004, 26)