I have lived in slough for years personally i dont think it is that bad If you keep yourself out of trouble. I think the likes of Road Wars makes it look worse then it is, i have had no problem walking a 15 minute walk from the Train Station back home in the early hours of the morning. You have some lovely surrounding areas such as Stoke poges, George Green , some parts of Wexham and Fulmer. Slough train station has fast connections to London and Reading, it takes 10 minutes to get to paddington so its easy to commute. The schools here are good i walked away from Langleywood with high GCSE's and that was appaerently a bad school so i say never judge a book by its cover i had the best teachers there.The shopping isn't the best here however you have all you basic shops eg. New Look, Topshop and Primark. Food shopping is good theres a Tescos in Slough is said to be one of the biggest in the UK.