Sentence:  In some kind of warped hometown loyalty, sometime during the conversation folks would stake their claim to owning the bottom. Philly is more <WSD>ghetto</WSD> than D.C. Or is it that DC. is more <WSD>ghetto</WSD> than Philly? Or Dallas (LA) is more <WSD>ghetto</WSD> than LA. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude.