Crap Towns

I know near to 0 when it comes to crap towns 'round Britain even because I know nothing above Bristol... unfortunatelly, or not.
I have a mate, living in Berlin now, he did uni in Edinburgh, he could swear for his life that this little town next to Dundee,
had to be the worst place in this fucken island. He had traveled a lot with a theater company, all over the UK....
?******? is my biggest reference of shit hole.

Any ideas what it could be?

There are so many choices... I'd guess either Tayport, which is a total scuzzhole, or Arbroath. But Dundee in itself is a pretty serious contender. The funny thing is that Carnoustie and St Andrews just along the coast are cashmere sweater, pashmina scarf and brogue hotspots.

I have no desire to go back to any of these places for exactly these extremes of deprivation and affluence that make them equally unpleasant-Dundee made me feel like Gulliver surrounded by angry midgets (I'm 5'10 so not used to being above average height which is why I remarked on it) as the population seem to have all started smoking and drinking at the age of three and stunted their growth.

On the subject of town planning, the last I heard St Andrews town council vetoed the presence of any chains such as Mc Donalds etc (though I checked and they have tesco, subway, Zizi, Pizza Express... so not against chains, just totally chav ones obviously)