The Ghetto exists because a lot of people like living there. Its sort of a crappy area for kids, sure. But a lot of adults like the way people with loose ethics like pimps, hoes and drug dealers are welcome and the cost of living is less than in other areas. Ghettos often have easy parking (probably not in NYC, but absolutely in the urban prairie ghettos in the Midwest) And they are often convenient to inner cities and seedy joints that people like to frequent. Lastly , the cost of living can be bargain basement. A home in the Detroit or East St. Louis ghetto is a cheap way to live.
Ghetto is often a neighborhood in a city where a minority lives. The word has several meanings.. to include a Jewish neighborhood.
Ghetto | Definition of Ghetto by Merriam-Webster
Definition of GHETTO
a quarter of a city in which Jews were formerly required to live; a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure; an isolated group… See the full definition
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