One of Britain's worst towns is riddled with drunks as residents 'ashamed' to live there

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drunks ruling the streets.Residents of Swindon say "intimidation is normal" after the town was named as the "eighth worst place to live in the UK" this week.

Its architecture has been called "horrible" and the buildings "eyesores" while heavy police presence is around the town is the norm. READ NEXT: Smoking topless plane passenger bites crew member while trying to break into cockpitA local claims drunkards congregate around the central bus station drinking super-strength lager and intimidate passers-by.However, this view of the town is not shared by all with many panning the new poll as "nonsense".But for Darran Brown, 59, the criticism rings true.A resident of Swindon for 40 years, he said: "I'm not the slightest bit proud to live in Swindon" and described the town centre as "absolutely disgusting." The married father of two added: "Intimidation is normal in this town. "At the bus stop every evening, old people are frightened to look up. "Drunkards and druggies are the biggest problem.

Every day, no matter where you go, they're there. They are stealing from the shops and urinating in the shop windows in front of children, it's disgusting.

It happens all the time."Mike Davis, 72, agrees: "The town centre is absolute rubbish as far as I'm concerned. There's so many run down shops and no big stores.