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Take a walk on the wild side around some of the most down right dangerous places in the world - and all without leaving your desk, courtesy of Google Street View. Since 2007, Google's amazing technology has given people the chance to visit the Eiffel Tower, peer out over San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge or walk along a beach in the Bahamas. But as well as mapping the tourist-friendly hotspots, Google also ventured into places you really wouldn't want to find yourself. Here is a collection of some the most notorious areas captured by the infamous roaming camera cars from around the UK and the world.

Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

In need of a spruce up: Bogbain Road in Glasgow looks like it is severely run-down in this Google street view


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Rocinha in Rio De Janeiro, is Brazil's largest favela and currently home to around 70,000 people


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

First impressions: Trafalgar Street in Burnley could do with a tidy up in this image caught by a Google car


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

The Aylesbury Estate in Walworth, London has become a byword for urban poverty, drug crime and decay


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Best avoided: Tepito, a Mexican barrio in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City has been notorious as a no go area for centuries. Today it is known for robberies and drug crime


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Bogota, Colombia, is one of the most dangerous cities in the world and Ciudad Bol var, is one of its most notorious streets


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Slough has never had a reputation of being the most picturesque of towns and from this image of Chalvey it is clear to see why


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Ramshackle: A dilapidated house in a run-down area of Houston's fifth ward


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Liberty City, Miami, U.S. is not a place where you would want to find yourself late at night on your own judging by this Google Maps picture


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Mean street: Just a step away from Bangkok's tourist hotspots, you'll find Klongtoey, one of Thailand's most notorious slums


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Run down: The Romanian capital Bucharest has its fair share of no-go areas. This is Ferentari, a well known base for drug dealers, prostitution and the mob


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Bad part of town: Golyanovo District, in Moscow, Russia, might not feel like the safest of places


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Ghost town: San'ya in Tokyo, Japan is known for its vacant buildings and poverty. With typical Japanese efficiency, roadsigns warn drivers to beware of people sleeping in the streets


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Chicago, U.S.A: This once lovely home in Auburn Gresham, has slowly faded into desrepair


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Down and out in the U.S.A: Skid Row, an impoverished area of Los Angeles has the largest population of homeless people in the United States, somewhere between 3,000 and 6,000


Bad Part of Town By Google Street View

Beast in the East: Troeshina, a suburb of Kyiv is generally regarded as one of the worst places to live in the Ukraine. It is known for its drunks, crime and drug abuse

03 Oct 2013 11:05:00