Signs an area is spiralling downwards:
(1). Front gardens full of bits of old Ford Capris
(2). Outside Christmas lights still all over the houses in the middle of July
(3). Jehovah's Witnessess declare it a "no-go" area
(4). All green wheelie bins burned into twisted heaps of plastic goo
(5). Every house has at least eight doorbells 'cos they've all been
converted into bed-sits
(6). The area is always being used in episodes of "The Bill" as an
outside location, posing as a Crack Dealers home address
(7). All the kids are called either, Wayne, Shayne, Dean, Darren,
Shylah, Kylah, Tyler, etc etc
(8). You have to play "dodge the dog-crap" when walking along
the pavement
(9). The local "Happy Shopper" shop has seven inch thick armour
plated glass in its windows, fourteen outside security cameras,
razor wire around the shelf with the Maxwell House coffee on it,
and a sign on the door saying "All toddlers must remove their
crash helmets, leave their pit-bulls outside and present three
forms of identification before purchasing any crates of Tennents
Super Lager"
(10).The road is heavily marked with skidmarks because all the ten
year old car thiefs use the area to practice their handbrake turns.
