Speaking of the part of a city that was once very fine, but isn’t any more: “The neighborhood is sort of ________.”
| RUN-DOWN | 710 |
| GONE DOWN | 49 |
| GONE TO THE DOGS | 44 |
| GONE TO SEED | 39 |
| GONE TO POT | 36 |
| DILAPIDATED | 29 |
| DETERIORATED | 25 |
| SLUMMY | 20 |
| SHABBY | 17 |
| GONE DOWNHILL | 15 |
| SLUM | 14 |
| CRUMMY | 11 |
| RUN DOWN AT THE HEELS | 9 |
| NR | 8 |
| SLUMS | 7 |
| DEGENERATED | 6 |
| GOING DOWNHILL | 6 |
| GOING TO THE DOGS | 6 |
| RAMSHACKLE | 6 |
| GONE TO PIECES | 5 |
| SEEDY | 5 |
| CHANGED | 4 |
| GONE TO RACK AND RUIN | 4 |
| GONE TO THE DOG | 4 |
| DECAYED | 3 |
| DETERIORATING | 3 |
| DOWN AT THE HEEL | 3 |
| DUMPY | 3 |
| FALLEN APART | 3 |
| FALLEN DOWN | 3 |
| GOING DOWN | 3 |
| SORRY | 3 |
| BLIGHTED | 2 |
| DEAD | 2 |
| DECLINED | 2 |
| DESERTED | 2 |
| DIED OUT | 2 |
| DOWNGRADED | 2 |
| FALLING APART | 2 |
| GHOST TOWN | 2 |
| GOING BACK | 2 |
| GOING TO PIECES | 2 |
| GOING TO POT | 2 |
| GONE DOWN THE HILL | 2 |
| GONE TO RACK | 2 |
| GONE TO THE DUMPS | 2 |
| GONE TO WRECK | 2 |
| ON THE SKIDS | 2 |
| RAMSHACKLY | 2 |
| RATTY | 2 |
| SEEN ITS BEST DAYS | 2 |
| SHODDY | 2 |
| SHOT | 2 |
| SLUMPED | 2 |
| TRASHY | 2 |
| WENT DOWN | 2 |
| WENT TO THE DOGS | 2 |
| ABOUT PLAYED OUT | 1 |
| AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE | 1 |
| ALL RUN-DOWN | 1 |
| BEAT | 1 |
| BEAT UP | 1 |
| BECOMING RANSHACKLE | 1 |
| BLIGHTED AREA | 1 |
| BROKEN DOWN | 1 |
| CRUMBLING | 1 |
| DECREASING | 1 |
| DEGRADED | 1 |
| DEPLETED | 1 |
| DEPRECIATING | 1 |
| DILAPIDATE | 1 |
| DISCARDED | 1 |
| DOWN AT HEELS | 1 |
| DOWN AT THE HEELS | 1 |
| DOWN IN THE DUMPS | 1 |
| DOWN IN THE HEEL | 1 |
| DOWN IN THE MOUTH | 1 |
| DOWN THE TUBES | 1 |
| DOWNHILL | 1 |
| DRAGGED DOWN | 1 |
| DRIED UP | 1 |
| DROPPED | 1 |
| DWINDLED | 1 |
| DWINDLED AWAY | 1 |
| FADED OUT | 1 |
| FAILING | 1 |
| FALLEN TO PIECES | 1 |
| FALLING DOWN | 1 |
| FELL APART | 1 |
| GAVE TO SLUMS | 1 |
| GETTING DILAPIDATED | 1 |
| GETTING PRETTY WELL SHOT | 1 |
| GHETTO | 1 |
| GOING DOWN THE HILL | 1 |
| GOING TO HELL | 1 |
| GOING TO RUIN | 1 |
| GOING TO SEED | 1 |
| GONE BACK | 1 |
| GONE BY | 1 |
| GONE DEAD | 1 |
| GONE DOWN THE DRAIN | 1 |
| GONE SHABBY | 1 |
| GONE TO DECAY | 1 |
| GONE TO GRASS | 1 |
| GONE TO HECK | 1 |
| GONE TO HELL | 1 |
| GONE TO NOTHING | 1 |
| GONE TO ROT | 1 |
| GONE TO SLUM | 1 |
| GONE TO THE BAD | 1 |
| GONE TO THE SLUMS | 1 |
| GONE TO THE WIND | 1 |
| GOT DILAPIDATED | 1 |
| GRAY AREA | 1 |
| HAD ITS DAY | 1 |
| LIKE A GHOST TOWN | 1 |
| LOST ITS GLEAM | 1 |
| LOST ITS STRUT | 1 |
| LOUSY | 1 |
| LOW CLASS | 1 |
| MOVED OUT | 1 |
| NASTY | 1 |
| NEGLECTED | 1 |
| OLD PART OF TOWN | 1 |
| ON ITS WAY DOWN | 1 |
| ON THE DOWN PULL | 1 |
| ON THE ROCKS | 1 |
| ON THE WAY OUT | 1 |
| OUT AT THE SOCKS | 1 |
| PETERED OUT | 1 |
| PLAYED OUT | 1 |
| POOR | 1 |
| RAGGEDY | 1 |
| RAT-HOLE | 1 |
| RATTY NEIGHBORHOOD | 1 |
| RAUNCHY | 1 |
| ROUGH | 1 |
| RUN DOWNHILL | 1 |
| RUN OUT | 1 |
| RUN-DOWN AT THE CORNERS | 1 |
| RUN-DOWN AT THE KNEES | 1 |
| RUN-DOWN IN THE HEELS | 1 |
| RUNNING DOWN | 1 |
| SCUMMY | 1 |
| SECOND-RATE | 1 |
| SHOT TO PIECES | 1 |
| SLIPPED | 1 |
| SLIPPED FROM GRACE | 1 |
| SLIPPING | 1 |
| SLOVENLY | 1 |
| SLUM AREA | 1 |
| SLUMMING | 1 |
| SLUMMISH | 1 |
| SORT OF GONE DOWN | 1 |
| SUNK | 1 |
| TACKY | 1 |
| TUMBLEDOWN | 1 |
| UNKEMPT | 1 |
| VANISHED | 1 |
| WENT TO RACK AND RUIN | 1 |
| WRECKED | 1 |
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