These are definitely the typical definitions of what inner city is. The definitions sound like they are describing a ghetto, but in many cases the two go hand in hand.
Wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_city
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The term "inner city" has been used as a euphemism for lower-income residential districts in the city center and nearby areas.
Dictionary -
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/inner-city
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an older part of a city, densely populated and usually deteriorating, inhabited mainly by poor, often minority, groups.
Collins English Dictionary
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the parts of a city in or near its centre, esp when they are associated with poverty, unemployment, substandard housing, etc
New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3rd Edition
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A general term for impoverished areas of large cities. The inner city is characterized by minimal educational opportunities, high unemployment and crime rates, broken families, and inadequate housing. ( See ghettos.)
Dictionary -
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ghettos
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a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.
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