Not so long ago it was said that Hervanta was for
Tampere what
Compton and
South Central are for
LA, what
Harlem is (was?) for
NY and what
Shankill is for
Belfast.
I remember one of the greatest concerns in last elections for some leftwingers, whose greatest threat to re-election was voters' apathy, was the fact in some parts of Hervanta the unemployment rate was higher than the turnout in elections.
I don't know how it is nowadays because I moved away from Hervanta about a year ago (but no worries, I'll make a comeback this autumn..) but when I left there were some concerns that the zero-tolerance on drinking in the city center would just simply make the troublemakers to stay in suburbs.
There was also in mid 90's saying "Tehdä hervantalaiset" (to do Hervantanian) meaning a suicide by jumping from the top of a block.
Straight outta Hervanta..