Downtown and Ghetto

Downtown

Downtown noun - The central area or commercial center of a town or city.

Ghetto and downtown are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ghetto" instead a noun "Downtown".

Nearby Word: Downtowner

Ghetto

Ghetto noun - A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.
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Synonyms for Ghetto

Downtown and ghetto are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Downtown" instead a noun "Ghetto".

Both words in one sentence

  • Although the downtown/waterfront area has been gentrified into a yuppie wonderland, the rest of the city has a lot of ghetto areas.
    Source: Gangsterland
  • In the capital city the former aristocrats who supported the reign of the Holy Asha Dynasty now live in the "blue blood ghetto" downtown.
  • Bully has the town of Bullworth, which has the rich suburb Old Bullworth Vale and the downtown political and commercial district Bullworth Town separated from the inner city ghetto New Coventry and the rough blue collar industrial neighborhood Blue Skies Industrial Park by a railway bridge.
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