Me and my yuppie partner are looking for a place of our own within a couple of miles of town. What is it like living in either Weaste, Seedley or Langworthy these days? I know it's somewhat different to the days of high crime and poverty, but how different? Good bits, bad bits (no rugby ground down the road)?

Thanks bud. My auntie still lives in Weaste but I suspected her take on the area may not be quite right as she paints a gloomier picture. Then again she is 70+.
We had real problems with local hoodlums in Walkden who caused considerable damage to our place there. Keen not to walk into another "problem area".

It’s certain streets you need to avoiding rather than areas.

Isolated problem families you mean?
Probably worth me stating which street if we find something.

You're freaking me out HR, when did Blackburn stop being in Lancs???

I used to work in Blackburn when I lived in Salford and the journey by train was an absolute nightmare due to all the single track rail north of Bolton.

But it just shows you the difference in house prices between the North and the Sarff, I doubt I could buy a plot of land down here to build a house on! Having said that, where my parents live in Seedley is still a reasonably quiet area and you could get a 3 bed terrace for that.