Bad Part of Town By Google Street View
Author: jone Date: 14 November, Category: Sad, Visits 5648
Take a walk on the wild side around some of the most down right dangerous places in the world - and all without leaving your desk, courtesy of Google Street View. Since 2007, Google's amazing technology has given people the chance to visit the Eiffel Tower, peer out over San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge or walk along a beach in the Bahamas. But as well as mapping the tourist-friendly hotspots, Google also ventured into places you really wouldn't want to find yourself. Here is a collection of some the most notorious areas captured by the infamous roaming camera cars from around the UK and the world.
In need of a spruce up: Bogbain Road in Glasgow looks like it is severely run-down in this Google street view
Rocinha in Rio De Janeiro, is Brazil's largest favela and currently home to around 70,000 people
First impressions: Trafalgar Street in Burnley could do with a tidy up in this image caught by a Google car
The Aylesbury Estate in Walworth, London has become a byword for urban poverty, drug crime and decay
Best avoided: Tepito, a Mexican barrio in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City has been notorious as a no go area for centuries. Today it is known for robberies and drug crime
Bogota, Colombia, is one of the most dangerous cities in the world and Ciudad Bol var, is one of its most notorious streets
Slough has never had a reputation of being the most picturesque of towns and from this image of Chalvey it is clear to see why
Ramshackle: A dilapidated house in a run-down area of Houston's fifth ward
Liberty City, Miami, U.S. is not a place where you would want to find yourself late at night on your own judging by this Google Maps picture
Mean street: Just a step away from Bangkok's tourist hotspots, you'll find Klongtoey, one of Thailand's most notorious slums
Run down: The Romanian capital Bucharest has its fair share of no-go areas. This is Ferentari, a well known base for drug dealers, prostitution and the mob
Bad part of town: Golyanovo District, in Moscow, Russia, might not feel like the safest of places
Ghost town: San'ya in Tokyo, Japan is known for its vacant buildings and poverty. With typical Japanese efficiency, roadsigns warn drivers to beware of people sleeping in the streets
Chicago, U.S.A: This once lovely home in Auburn Gresham, has slowly faded into desrepair
Down and out in the U.S.A: Skid Row, an impoverished area of Los Angeles has the largest population of homeless people in the United States, somewhere between 3,000 and 6,000
Beast in the East: Troeshina, a suburb of Kyiv is generally regarded as one of the worst places to live in the Ukraine. It is known for its drunks, crime and drug abuse