Never been to Portsmouth? Anywhere with a traditional working and lower class heritage is the same.
Having sad that, you wouldn't want to end up in the wrong parts of Milan or Rome.
I don't read those 'chavtown' type websites, they say virtually the same thing across the board from people who 'live there'.
Let's be honest, virtually all cities in the UK are chav towns :D
And of course you are going to come to Coventry so I can show you the housing estate where Mustapha Hadji, Youssef Chippo and Youssef Safri once graced the Highfield Road.