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Definition of Inner city

1. Noun. The older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city.

Definition of Inner city

1. Noun. The interior, central part of a city, as opposed to the suburbs ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inner City

Literary usage of Inner city

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. OECD Territorial Reviews by Organization for Economic Cooperation An, Development (COR), (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (2002)
"Most inner city inhabitants are therefore disconnected from the lob market ... Spatial mismatch implies that inner city residents do not have access to ..."

2. Developments in School Finance edited by William J. Fowler, William J. Fowler, Jr. (1998)
"suburbanites are more in favor of the program than inner city residents. But we need to examine these patterns more carefully to fully understand the ..."

3. Developments in School Finance edited by William J. Fowler, William J. Fowler, Jr. (1998)
"suburbanites are more in favor of the program than inner city residents. But we need to examine these patterns more carefully to fully understand the ..."

4. Empowering Families, Helping Adolescents: Family-Centered Treatment of edited by Wendy Snyder (1996)
"For black inner-city adolescents, mental health and alcohol and other drug ... Many of these inner-city adolescents and their families also experience a ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"Hear the centre of the inner city, most of the streets in which are narrow and irregular, is the cathedral of St Stephen, the most important mediaeval ..."

6. Family Involvement in Children's Education: Successful Local Approaches: An ...by Janie Funkhouser by Janie Funkhouser (1999)
"Context Located in inner-city North Philadelphia, Ferguson Elementary School has implemented a schoolwide program serving 750 low-income students in ..."

7. Technologies for Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse and Addiction by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Ethnographers describe inner-city minority residents as having a pervasive ... Within most poor inner-city communities, whites are rarely encountered except ..."

8. Parents, Peers and Pot II: Parents in Action by Marsha Manatt (1996)
"... DC BECOMING SOMEBODY SPECIAL IN THE inner city Within 15 minutes of the corridors of power and imposing monuments of official Washington, DC, ..."

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