"I lived in both Charlton and Woolwich and I can say that Charlton is quite a nice place to live - not very Chav at all. The only unpleasant thing was the guy upstairs who used to beat up his pregnant wife when he came home every two weeks (he was on the run from the police, who used to come knocking on our door all the time asking if we had seen him). Oh, and the 10 year old lads selling drugs across the street in the local council estate. But other than that, it was alright.
Woolwich was much worse - it was just a horrible nasty place - lots of murders and violent attacks all the time. At night when it got dark the local council estates turned into open air drugs markets. And possibly the UK's highest percentage of poundstretcher / Happy Shopper outlets per metre.
Overall though, neither of these is very Chavey. Charlton is just quiet - and Woolwich is just dangerous." - Nov 04
Oh my how things changed.