Usually means: Dangerous urban areas with crime.
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  1. mean streets: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. mean streets: Dictionary.com
  3. Mean Streets (Dicks novel), Mean Streets (anthology), Mean Streets (disambiguation), Mean Streets (video game), Mean Streets, Mean streets: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. mean streets: Wiktionary

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  1. Mean Streets: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (mean streets)

noun:  (of an urban environment) A district or set of locales in which there is a high incidence of poverty, crime, disrepair, antisocial behavior, or other adverse conditions.

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