cabbagetown

[ kab-ij-toun ]

noun

, Canadian.

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

Cabbagetown

/ ˈkæbɪdʒˌtaʊn /

noun

1. a former slum area of Toronto, now known for its Victorian architecture and thriving arts community

Word History and Origins

Origin of cabbagetown¹

First recorded in 1985–90; after Cabbagetown, a depressed area of Toronto, allegedly so called because its inhabitants' diet consisted mainly of cabbage

Example Sentences

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 “The Red Road,” a discontinued TV series set in the fictional town of Walpole, New Jersey.

From The New Yorker

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.

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

“You can’t live in your city if you can’t get places,” 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.

From New York Times