Got the new directions to poor areas (8)

I believe the answer is:

ghettoes

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'poor areas' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'got the new directions' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'directions' becomes 'Es' (east and south - two directions).
'got'+'the'='gotthe'
'gotthe' is an anagram of 'ghetto'.
'ghetto'+'es'='GHETTOES'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for ghettoes that I've seen is " Poor areas populated by deprived groups".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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