cardboard city

noun

1. informal.
   an area of a city in which homeless people sleep rough, often in cardboard boxes

Example Sentences

‘Cardboard City’ This family-friendly pop-up event features large-scale cardboard sculptures, arts and crafts workshops and more.

From Los Angeles Times

Also as part of the Big Draw Festival, the MAL is inviting artists, nonartists, families and kids to help them build a cardboard city.

From Washington Times

Over two dozen high school students slept outside a church in Durham in a “cardboard city” meant to draw attention to populations impacted by homelessness.

From Washington Times

The clever and freewheeling nine-minute animated short “Fire in Cardboard City,” directed by Phil Brough, which had its U.S. début at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, is a mini disaster movie that feels like a joyride.

From The New Yorker

He considered having a giant robot attack Cardboard City, and then settled on fire: that looked kind of cool, too.

From The New Yorker