
Slum Tourists: When Wealthy People Toured Chinatown ‘For Fun’
Ridiculous History
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Slumming - A Real Thing
The term slumming was added to the big canonical list of spoken english in the 18 sixties. It means just what you describe knoll, to go into or frequent slums for discreditable purposes. To saunter about with a suspicion, perhaps, of immoral pursuits. But wort were talking about to day is an even more weirdly sanatized version of that. You're not necessarily seeking the true immoral pursuits. Your just hoping to catch a glimpse of it, you know, again,. Again, for like your own amusement, thills and thrills.
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