skid row

Origin: [[File:Phase 1 of Skid Row Super Mural.jpg|thumb|Part of a mural in Skid Row, a neighbourhood in Los Angeles, California, USA. Officially known as Central City East, as of 2019 it had one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States.]] An alteration of skid road. In 1852, skid road was first applied to a slum area at the loggers’ part of town in Seattle, Washington, USA, and before 1900 it had come into common usage in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Over time, the variant skid row came to refer to a district or slum frequented by alcoholics and hobos, even. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).