slumming
Seeking humble environs
Slumming is visiting places or associating with people considered beneath one's social standing, typically for entertainment or curiosity.
The term carries condescension—someone slumming treats lower-status environments as novelty rather than reality: She's just slumming with us until her trust fund kicks in.
Often used self-deprecatingly: I'm slumming it at the budget hotel tonight.
Reduce to lower tier
- lowbrowLacking intellectual depth
- gawkingStaring stupidly, openly
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
affluent · wealthy · spectator · observer · rubbernecking · prying · exploitation · othering
Artistic nonconformist type
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- artistMaker of creative works
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- downtownCentral business district
loft · avant-garde · nonconformity · subculture · alternative · trendy · gentrification
Rundown and disreputable
- roughUneven in surface
- low-rentInferior in quality
- honky-tonkRough country music venue
- grittyCoarse or courageous
hole-in-the-wall · downtown · underground · after-hours · roadhouse · speakeasy · backstreet · rough-and-tumble
Multi-unit urban dwelling
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
- inner-cityCentral part of metropolis
- shantytownPoor area of crude shelters
- blightedHarmed by destructive force
run-down · dilapidated · derelict · overcrowded · squalid · back-alley · flophouse
downscale
Reduce to lower tier
upper-class · affluent · wealthy · spectator · observer · rubbernecking · prying · exploitation · othering · elitism
bohemian
Artistic nonconformist type
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- artistMaker of creative works
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
downtown · loft · avant-garde · nonconformity · subculture · alternative · trendy · gentrification
seedy
Rundown and disreputable
- roughUneven in surface
- low-rentInferior in quality
- honky-tonkRough country music venue
gritty · hole-in-the-wall · downtown · underground · after-hours · roadhouse · speakeasy · backstreet · rough-and-tumble · sketchy
tenement
Multi-unit urban dwelling
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
- inner-cityCentral part of metropolis
- shantytownPoor area of crude shelters
blighted · run-down · dilapidated · derelict · overcrowded · squalid · back-alley · flophouse
slummingsocial climbing
Seeking higher status
hobnobbing · keeping up with the Joneses · moving up in the world · upward mobility · gentrifying
slum, slums, slumlord, slummy, slummed, slumlords, slummers, slumlike