Inner city

/ˈɪnə sˈɪti/

/ˈɪnɚ sˈɪɾi/

Inner city

an area close to the center of a city that usually suffers from economic problems

Examples

1. These policies will help to bring people back to the inner city.

2. It was inner city.

3. Inner city students from disadvantaged neighborhoods have even higher rates of return for early childhood education.

4. Inner city price-- supermarkets charge much higher prices in the city than out of the city.