Question from an American - what are considered the roughest areas in Britain?

[Rantcatrat]

I've always wondered. What are the top three? Are they breeding grounds for famous British boxers?

[HattonTheHammer]

I've always wondered. What are the top three? Are they breeding grounds for famous British boxers?

moss side - manchester
east end of glasgow
south london
everywhere in liverpool

[Gandalf]

I lived in Salford for a year whilst at Uni and that's very rough. Parts of Manchester are also quite dicey. I've heard bad things about Moss Side, but there are a number of areas that you might think twice about. It's all very grim up there really!

I suppose a number of boxers have come from around those parts. Hatton being the most obvious.

[Fenster]

London is full of rough areas but being the capital that has to be expected. Obviously loads of famous fighters have come from here

[ryanman]

Most major towns and cities have rough areas.
some of the most famous are moss side in manchester as has been mentioned. Glasgow. St pauls in Bristol. lots of places in london, particually south east - new cross, lewisham etc. Parts of Nottingham. Sheffield did have a bad rep but has got a lot better.
Oh by the way Miles my friend went to uni in Salford. Salford uni not manc uni.

[Andre]

So is it gangs?

Saw a thing on it the other day, they have began here in the outer Sydney suburbs bored kids looking for the adrenaline rush of getting or giving a group beating.

In Melbourne we have weakaassed teens that target mostly Indian students and indian tourists to beat and rob as they are soft targets.
Many vietnamese and some Chinese lads run some of the herion around and they will fuk over anyone who threatens them, except for our bikers who run all the ampetaimines.
We have young gangs here but they stick to there own drains in there own areas the little rats. we get alot of train violence from these types if they move around.

I think the older more set up gangs that run just for illeagal money drugs and power should go and recruit them or rub them out before they get too big themselves;cause the cops havent got a real handle on any of them at all.

[skel1983]

In truth everywhere has bad areas, obviously the major citys have got bigger areas.

Manchester is pretty bad in certain area's Salfords not that bad really, depends on which area of Salford, South Manchester Gorton,Longsight there rough as bears arses.

[Memphis]

St pauls in Bristol.

[Munkymagic]

Pompey used to be a nice place then ICB moved down here and its turned to dogshit. Stabbings and random chess tourneys taking place in the middle of town each night.

Coppers don't know what to do

[hfahrenheit]

I've always wondered. What are the top three? Are they breeding grounds for famous British boxers?

compared to places in America, this question is akin to asking "What are the roughest places in Nebraska, Iowa, Canada, and France?"

I KNOW this will spark a lot of banter, but consider this: in the place you live, when was the last time there was an AK-47 shoot out in the middle of a public place?

There are places in Arkansas that reminded me a lot of Iraq, (or rather I was reminded of places in Arkansas when I was in Iraq).

Of course, people in Africa and South America can trump us all.

[yvonne]

Every part of the UK fooking stinks.There's benefit cheats,drug dealers,Pedo's,People(gangs)that carry knives,Immigrates everywhere.




I TRULY HATE ENGLAND THE WAY IT IS NOW.OUR GOVERMENT IS THE WORST IN THE WORLD,ITS A FOOKING JOKE.

DONT COME TO THE UK!!!!!!!!!!!IT STINKS!

[X]

I've lived in lots of places, and in rough order of getting, robbed shot and killed:

Durban, South Africa
Detroit, US
Kuwait

Then, in decreasing likelihood of getting chellenged for being in the wrong place, stabbed and seriously maimed:

Chicago, US
Croydon, UK
Dagenham, UK

But oddly enough ....... the places where you are absolutely guaranteed to get into a fight (usually fists) EVERY SINGLE NIGHT

Ripley, Derbyshire, UK
Shrewsbury, Shropshire UK

Nowhere else is as full of aggressive drunk and violent people who have no thought of consequence - possibly because they are less likely to get killed if they start.

[JazMerkin]

I've always wondered. What are the top three? Are they breeding grounds for famous British boxers?

compared to places in America, this question is akin to asking "What are the roughest places in Nebraska, Iowa, Canada, and France?"

I KNOW this will spark a lot of banter, but consider this: in the place you live, when was the last time there was an AK-47 shoot out in the middle of a public place?

There are places in Arkansas that reminded me a lot of Iraq, (or rather I was reminded of places in Arkansas when I was in Iraq).

Of course, people in Africa and South America can trump us all.

You'd be surprised. You do get 'shoot-outs' in London & Manchester although your average guy tends to use revolvers because they're more easily accessible & because they & their ammo are cheaper. Guns aren't legal here, so there's a higher price on machine guns, plus they are also not to convenient to stick down the back of your trousers as you walk down the high street.

Oh & don't end up in the wrong part of Paris or Marseille & think France is a joke. They've got areas on the outskirts of their big cities that are basically like Newark. Constant riots, tower blocks on fire.

[hfahrenheit]

I've always wondered. What are the top three? Are they breeding grounds for famous British boxers?

compared to places in America, this question is akin to asking "What are the roughest places in Nebraska, Iowa, Canada, and France?"

I KNOW this will spark a lot of banter, but consider this: in the place you live, when was the last time there was an AK-47 shoot out in the middle of a public place?

There are places in Arkansas that reminded me a lot of Iraq, (or rather I was reminded of places in Arkansas when I was in Iraq).

Of course, people in Africa and South America can trump us all.

You'd be surprised. You do get 'shoot-outs' in London & Manchester although your average guy tends to use revolvers because they're more easily accessible & because they & their ammo are cheaper. Guns aren't legal here, so there's a higher price on machine guns, plus they are also not to convenient to stick down the back of your trousers as you walk down the high street.

Oh & don't end up in the wrong part of Paris or Marseille & think France is a joke. They've got areas on the outskirts of their big cities that are basically like Newark. Constant riots, tower blocks on fire.

I went to Paris and Normandy back in 2006, and actually saw a couple of fist fights on the street in the middle of the day (in Paris), they were actually really funny. There didn't seem to be such a concentrated and severe sense of desperation or despondency, so the areas didn't feel as dangerous. In Paris, you have to go to Montmartre and St-Denis to find trouble, but in America, the drug dealers come to white suburban areas to fucking kill each other.

[JazMerkin]

You'd be surprised. You do get 'shoot-outs' in London & Manchester although your average guy tends to use revolvers because they're more easily accessible & because they & their ammo are cheaper. Guns aren't legal here, so there's a higher price on machine guns, plus they are also not to convenient to stick down the back of your trousers as you walk down the high street.

Oh & don't end up in the wrong part of Paris or Marseille & think France is a joke. They've got areas on the outskirts of their big cities that are basically like Newark. Constant riots, tower blocks on fire.

I went to Paris and Normandy back in 2006, and actually saw a couple of fist fights on the street in the middle of the day (in Paris), they were actually really funny. There didn't seem to be such a concentrated and severe sense of desperation or despondency, so the areas didn't feel as dangerous. In Paris, you have to go to Montmartre and St-Denis to find trouble, but in America, the drug dealers come to white suburban areas to fucking kill each other.

What so no drug dealers in America are white?

In Paris, the way things are situated is that the poorest areas are ghettoized in the suburbs such as Clichy-sous-Bois. French housing policy is also heavily criticized for creating an 'apartheid' atmosphere in many of the poorest areas & effectively isolating communities in a way not even seen in the UK or US.