Dog Town Edit Meaning

1.

n. 1. An low-rent neighborhood of Venice Beach, California where modern skateboarding was, literally, invented.

2. a suburban neighborhood characterized by gang activity

c.f. Venice Beach, gang, gangland, barrio

2.

Venice Beach, CA.

The ghetto by the sea.

Place where new-aged skateboarding began.

Tom: Where you heading for the summer break?

Dave: Venice Beach.

Tom: Oh, you mean Dog Town.

See dog, town, skate, skateboarding, california, ghetto