As Interrobang!? says, it’s not really that cut and dried.
Skid Row shows up in print around 1931. I’m not sure that any earlier cite has ever been found. And it applied to poor neighborhoods in more than one city in and around that time.
There is nothing that has ever been shown that the term skid road contributed to the term skid row.
Not saying it couldn’t have, just that there is no evidence.
The Seattle area has always been my “bug-out” area of choice. I have relatives about 90 miles north, so it would give me the family contacts. My wife loves the area, so it is moving up on the “retirement” list. We ought to be up that way next summer, so i am announcing a Dopefest well in advance. Dates to be determined.
Actually, the retirement area is Seedro-Wooley. Talk about boonies…
Go to Lost in Seattle for a great map of the area. It’s a fairly new site that I just love! It’s a great way to to find landmarks if you’re unfamiliar with a neighborhood because when you zoom in, you will see where many businesses, schools and such are situated.
Until early last year, I lived on Queen Anne on the east side, about halfway up the hill. I moved to the south end with the idea that I’d be closer to my family but I really miss what I gave up. I had a great view of Capitol Hill and the Cascades beyond. I could sit at my window and watch the Lake Union fireworks on the Fourth of July and go out the front door on New Year’s Eve and see the display shooting off the Space Needle. Queen Anne is a wonderful area to walk in, with all of its old houses and lovely gardens and lots of trees. And if you feel like having a bite to eat, there’s several great places in the business district on the top of the hill. I really miss the sub sandwiches at Elliot Bay Pizza and the potato peppercorn bagels at Noah’s. And I miss my favorite Safeway store with the people who have worked there for years whom I’ve come to know. There’s frequent bus service on the hill too and the drivers are awfully nice to boot.