is there a drug problem in any of those areas ?

Hopefully, you can find data to show it won't all be drug users, crazy parties and sex workers.

A person who has only a claim of cash income, looks like a drug addict but has a decent credit score because of not very much previous credit is rejected.

Why don't we talk about paid informers that peddle drugs and kill on orders, while "cooperating" with prosecutors and making false testimonies to imprison innocent individuals?

There are four apartments on the upper floors.The neighborhood is 10 years into the early-artist phase and shows signs of other development activity happening, but is still has a lot of drug and prostitution activity.

But I always think "drug dealer who's trying to hide something" when I get this offer. 

Drug out the process so long I had to pay additional EMD to save the deal.

My neighbors say he is an avid drug user. 

Hell, for all we know (granted, this is unlikely) the judge will snort a line of some hard drug and decree that this tenant applicant will be the one who owes alimony!

Were they dieting, weighing out food portions?