Roughest place you have ever been to

Cabramatta, suburb of Sydney. I read its been cleaned up now but when I went there in 97 doing a sales job, it was a mental heroin hell-hole. It was like the city had decided to just let all the addicts go there and leave it to rot. All the sober people were Vietnamese business owners - the whites were mostly like characters from the walking dead. People were sprawled all over the place, I must have been offered heroin 10 times - they all just assumed that was why I was there. I refused a young lad a smoke coz I'd already given half a pack away that morning. He was shaking and collapsed in front of me, hitting his head hard on the concrete. A geyser of blood shot up from his forehead. I ran into the doctor's surgery beside and called for the doctor. He was Vietnamese and took one look, just shook his head like he saw it every day and called an ambulance. Your man was still out when the ambulance arrived.

de scientist wrote: the foxes pub ballyvolane.....

If you think that's rough don't ever venture to the 'rob & kill'

That Yellow House in Waterford is worse for a start, is that still open?

Gigibongi33 wrote: de scientist wrote: the foxes pub ballyvolane..... If you think that's rough don't ever venture to the 'rob & kill'

kevincronin2000 wrote: Gigibongi33 wrote: de scientist wrote: the foxes pub ballyvolane..... If you think that's rough don't ever venture to the 'rob & kill' to be fair a lot of the pubs that have bad reputations such as  the fob and gill the red cove the hollyhill inn are not as bad as people make out, usually they are clannish but i bet you there are more people thrown out of the East Village in douglas than there is out of these places.

Agreed Kevin. I grew up 5 mins away from the fob and gill and it's not that bad at all. And the foxes is fine too.

Hickster74 wrote: Cabramatta, suburb of Sydney. I read its been cleaned up now but when I went there in 97 doing a sales job, it was a mental heroin hell-hole. It was like the city had decided to just let all the addicts go there and leave it to rot. All the sober people were Vietnamese business owners - the whites were mostly like characters from the walking dead. People were sprawled all over the place, I must have been offered heroin 10 times - they all just assumed that was why I was there. I refused a young lad a smoke coz I'd already given half a pack away that morning. He was shaking and collapsed in front of me, hitting his head hard on the concrete. A geyser of blood shot up from his forehead. I ran into the doctor's surgery beside and called for the doctor. He was Vietnamese and took one look, just shook his head like he saw it every day and called an ambulance. Your man was still out when the ambulance arrived.   Later I was walking down a street and two cops stopped to search a likely looking lad walking in front of me. He pointed at me and asked 'why aren't you stopping him too, mate?' Just then a new bright red bmw with the top down drove past, the gold covered Lebanese looking passenger smiled at me before gobbing full force at the cops, hiiting one on the back of the head. The driver put the foot to the floor and disappeared round the corner.    All the shops were like banks with the stock and tills behind the counter. I was trying to sell a phone line to a pawnshop owner when I heard a Dublin accent behind me. An early 20s girl was trying to sell jewellery and arguing with one of the staff over the price. I chatted to her for a while. Turned out she was from Dun Laoghaire, arms marked to bits. I asked her did her family know where she was - she said they thought she was still backpacking. She made a quick exit when I turned the conversation towards getting help.

heighway2heaven wrote: Got held up at gun point by a dozen or so Zapatista rebels in the Chiapas region of Mexico last year. That was pretty hairy. It was also just days after getting caught in a riot in the Estadio Azteca at the season opener for Club Americas. Some buzz. So probably Mexico. Although like D69er, I've also been to Rhyl, so it's a tough call. Never seen so any mobility scooters also.

3 pages in and not a mention for Darndale

zizu Kilbane wrote: The Brandywell area...an absolute fooking dive.