www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=70240&in_page_id=34
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Fri 29 May 2009, 8:25, archived)

sounds like home in England.
Not kidding. We have one of the highest rates of alcohol and drug abuse in my state, violence (sexual and general), currently have a very high rate of unemployment (I consider myself extremely lucky to be able to hold three jobs, even if only one is regular) and it is quite honestly one of the most depressing places to be.

Also Racism and Sexism is alive and well.
So yeah - sounds pretty similar!
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 29 May 2009, 8:30, archived)