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cabbagetown

[ kab-ij-toun ]

noun

Canadian.
  1. a depressed or dilapidated urban area, especially a city slum.


Cabbagetown

/ 藞办忙产瑟诲萧藢迟补蕣苍 /

noun

  1. a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cabbagetown1

First recorded in 1985鈥90; after Cabbagetown, a depressed area of Toronto, allegedly so called because its inhabitants' diet consisted mainly of cabbage
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From the desk where I write this, in my house in the Cabbagetown neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, I could toss a hunk of Georgia red clay and hit the bungalow where the actor Jason Momoa was rumored to have lived while shooting 鈥淭he Red Road,鈥 a discontinued TV series set in the fictional town of Walpole, New Jersey.

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Cabbagetown was a poor depressed area of white people who were essentially brought into Atlanta as indentured servants, to work as slaves in the cotton mills, which are now luxury condos.

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In Atlanta, we stayed along the narrow streets of Cabbagetown, a funky neighborhood once home to a mill and its workers.

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The Cabbagetown listing provided fair warning, saying the 600-square-foot apartment was ideal for two people.

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鈥淵ou can鈥檛 live in your city if you can鈥檛 get places,鈥 Tova Baruch, 40, said as she waited at the Woodruff Park stop and talked of walking to the system from her home in the Cabbagetown neighborhood.

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