‘A prestigious lineage - however distant - can confer some measure of privilege despite the slumminess of more recent ancestors.’
‘The area had been urban renewed into slumminess and the old buildings were gone but when they existed they apparently did, in fact, front on the alley.’
‘Okay, exactly when did America accept its slumminess and start to revel in it!’
‘And hey, if you really crave slumminess, you can still find plenty of decrepitude between the avenues where the gentrification takes longer to get to.’
‘Like everywhere else this had a certain slumminess but, in a nod to being alternative, there was a sort of faux-hip bars and restaurants vibe going on.’
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