This is a major bugbear of mine, the fact that people often make negative sweeping generalisations about specific towns and cities and often label them as 'problem' places, even if they have never actually set foot in them.

That's one of the reasons why I don't (as yet) wish to state the name of the town I live in on here, even though it's not a full-on 'problem' town per se, but it has been subjected to a fair amount of indignation over the years, and like a couple of other towns within my county, it was labelled a 'chav' town about 15 or so years ago, though its reputation as such a town has generally lessened over recent years.

I never forget the 'Gunchester' and 'Shottingham' malarkey back in the 90s!!