I'm studying architecture and the site for my project this year is in WEST CROYDON, regardless of my anti Croydon sentiments as a Seagull the place is an absolute SHIT HOLE.
there crap places in every town. brighton has its fair share of f***ing scummy areas. haywards heath is just a standard town + has lindfield right next to it which is one of the nicest places in sussex.. crawley isnt that bad in places but yes in certain bits of it its shit!
I had a cricket tour in Great Yarmouth a couple of years back....oh my god, how inbread is that place, very scary and a place I hope never to return too.
Wick in northern Scotland. Dog shit, empty shops, dirty drinking dens. End of the world type place, and this was in summer. Thurso up the road was similar although had a bit more going on.