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    'The UK\u2019s \u201croughest town\u201d is so tough that \u201ceven the seagulls have flick knives.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Grimsby, in northeast Lincolnshire on the Humber estuary, often gets a bad press. Once a major fishing hub, the industry dried up, plunging the town into deprivation.<\/p>\n

    The UK national average household income sits at around \u00a332,000 \u2013 but in Grimsby, that number is \u00a322,000 and within that, the neighbourhood of Eastmarsh has the lowest average household income. A recent visit byTalkTV<\/u>saw the outlet speak with one resident, single mum Cheryl, who allegedly lived in a property that was \u201ccovered in black mould and infested with mice\u201d \u2013 but couldn\u2019t afford to turn on the heating without taking away money from her children. <\/p>\n

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    \u201cIt\u2019s very difficult, I\u2019ve got four kids and I\u2019m trying to keep on top of mould, mice and condensation windows,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cGive us an idea of how rough it is,\u201d a man with crutches and a great beanie was asked. \u201cWell the seagulls have got flick knives, it\u2019s that rough\u201d he joked in response. \u201cGrimsby\u2019s got issues, everyone got issues \u2013 like society, no one can afford to [feed] themselves,\u201d a woman said in the street.<\/p>\n

    According toCrimeRate<\/u>, Grimsby is the most dangerous settlement in Lincolnshire with 146 crimes per 1,000 people. It is the fourth most dangerous town in the UK bar Scotland. <\/p>\n

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    While once 500 trawlers would leave Grimsby\u2019s docks per day international competition destroyed the town\u2019s output.<\/p>\n

    Recently, YouTuberWendall<\/u>took a walk around the town, with one local telling him the town \u201cmay be an ignorant backward s***hole\u2026 but it\u2019s our ignorant backward s***hole\u201d. Another local pointed out: \u201cHalf of us have got criminal records". <\/p>\n

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    \u201cPeople in their forties and below seem to be institutionalised by the state of things here\u2026 they don't really know any different,\u201d Wendall said. He later added: \u201cI've never seen so many boarded-up shops, but I've spoke to the locals about it and they're almost used to it\u201d.<\/p>\n

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