asphalt jungles
Concrete metropolitan areas
Asphalt jungles are cities or urban areas, especially when emphasizing their harsh, competitive, or dangerous character.
The phrase evokes concrete landscapes where survival requires the same alertness as in a wild jungle: She grew up in the asphalt jungle of South Chicago.
The singular form often appears as a title or descriptor for noir urban settings.
- inner cityDense central metropolitan zone
- mean streetsHarsh urban environment
- skylineUrban profile against atmosphere
- metropolisLarge important city
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
overcrowding · downtown · street corner · hustle and bustle · rat race · traffic · suburbs · crime rates · gritty realism · urbanization · pavements · alleys · urban decay · back alleys · homelessness · hard-boiled · noir · dystopian fiction
asphalt jungleswilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
countryside · rural areas · farmland · hinterland · open country
asphalt junglesnature
Inherent quality or disposition
the wild · green spaces · virgin forest · woodlands · natural habitats