There was just some run-down housing.

Atlantic City, which for years sold itself as the "Queen of Resorts," declined precipitously in the 1960's, and run-down housing and vacant storefronts still pepper the city.

The schools are old and under-utilized, Windsor has more run-down housing than some of the other towns around.

Generally built to replace run-down terraced housing, the new designs included not only modern improvements such as inside toilets, but also shops and other community facilities within high-rise blocks.

The Latinos were segregated into an area of the city with the oldest, most run-down housing.

In the past, many of their developments have been built on virgin sites, or were made to replace run-down public housing in cities.

He gestured vaguely off in the direction of the large area of run-down housing that lay to the west of the store.

S.R.O.'s, which feature single rooms with shared baths and kitchens, were once dismissed as inadequate, run-down housing of last resort.

So they buy or rent, and then renovate, cheap run-down housing, usually brownstones or lofts in unused industrial buildings.

In the early years, Chinatown represented otherness, and was associated with crime, unleashed sexuality, opium dens, gambling, filth, run-down housing and mysterious back-alleys.