It really depends which part of Coventry. Some of it's a little grim - I've walked to the hospital a few times from Pool Meadow bus stop, and that bit's kind of nasty- but Earlsdon and the surrounding bits seem to be pretty nice. Leamington's nicer, but Coventry isn't quite as bad as people make out. It reminds me quite a bit of Slough: not that inspiring, and a bit grim in places, but you'd feel relatively safe in most of it, so it's not exactly the worst place you could be or anything.