skid row
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishskid rowskid row, Skid Row /ˌskɪd ˈrəʊ $ -ˈroʊ/ noun 1 → be on skid row2 [uncountable] used to talk about a part of a city with a lot of old buildings in bad condition, where poor people who drink too much alcohol spend their timeExamples from the Corpusskid row• Even skid row smelled of eucalyptus.• And if you want the best stand-up comedy available for a dollar, try a speaker meeting on skid row.• It's a role with its antecedents in Mork - except this planet is not Ork but Manhattan's skid row.