neck of the woods vs slum

neck of the woods

noun
  • A local neighbourhood or region. 

  • A place or field in which one is comfortable or with which one is familiar. 

slum

noun
  • A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty. 

  • Slumgullion; a meat-based stew. 

  • Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game. 

verb
  • To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own. 

How often have the words neck of the woods and slum occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )