[CWOJackson]

Okay smarting pants, you got Nob Hill. So where did there term Skid Row come from?

[nopardons]

Oh that's EASY and I don't even have to look it up! :-)

"Being on the skids", means being low down, skint, on hard times. So SKID ROW was a place for bums, people on the skids, to hang out. :-)