Essentially risking promise, retiring to lush location? (4,3)
I believe the answer is:
skid row
'lush location?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skid row that I've seen before include "Squalid urban district" , "it's the way of many drunks" , "From very poor area" , "Run-down part of US town frequented by vagrants" , "District frequented by vagrants and addicts in America" .)