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Discover LudwigThe phrase "poor city" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a city that is economically disadvantaged, with a high percentage of residents living in poverty. Example: The government has allocated funds to improve the infrastructure and living conditions in the poor city, in order to alleviate poverty and create more job opportunities for its residents.
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It is a poor city.
"Buffalo is still a very poor city.
"Camden is a very poor city.
"When Piura was a poor city, these things didn't happen".
This is an especially tall order in a poor city notorious for unreliable governance.
They also provide all sorts of social services to poor city dwellers.
Bold is giving poor city kids the right to attend good suburban schools.
They piled garbage on Third Avenue and set it ablaze to protest poor city services.
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Most poor city-dwellers survive thanks to the informal sector, displaying considerable enterprise in their struggle to survive.
Today's urban geography, however, is more complex than poor city-rich suburb.
A dirt-poor city of half a million, Diwaniya is the capital of rural Qadisiya Province.
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