slums

The old city slums were cleared, but many people were moved to damp, isolated tower blocks with limited amenities.

Beyond Prodigy’s Neverland jungle compound is a crowded city resembling the slums of “Blade Runner.”

"We have slums here, we're getting rid of them," he said from behind the podium in the White House press room.

"We're getting rid of the slums," he said, without giving further details.

The idea of teenage delinquents in ducktail haircuts strolling through the Manhattan slums, clicking their fingers in unison and protecting their turf, was already quaint lore from the half-forgotten Eisenhower era.