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Originally Posted by Restless
Hi
going to look at a house to rent around the devonshire street area(near the bottom near aldi)
Anybody live in this area/know what its like????
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the area has gone totaly to crap, vandalism is high and there is a high burgulary rate , a lot of houses in that area are now rented whos tennants attract trouble
the top end is better than the bottom end of the area but its a far cry from what it was
examples of problems with the area
you stand a good chance of getting mugged if you walk alone towards the just drinks off licence, i now of 4 people that have been held up at knife point
plenty of kids drinking in the church and school grounds who are most likely resposible for the scratched cars in the area and and other vandalism including smashing bottles against houses and cars
aldi carpark and malt street are used as drop of points for drug dealers and you can expect to have junkies peeking over your back wall while they wait for their drugs to be dropped off to see if you have owt worth nicking
if your renting then at least you can move if it gets worse but i wouldnt advise buying in that area anymore if you can afford elswhere
sayingthat most of accrington has gone to crap , run while you can and look elswhere
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i just noticed you mentioned you are looking to rent atteh bottom
i sold my house at teh bottom of that area because i got fed up of the alcholics, smackheads, gangs ,drug dealers and muggings that were occuring