You can go on google maps and judge for yourself: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1589047,24.785939,3a,75y,202.54h,87.09t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sR-4Q2vtkAWM2jEwAq

You can go on google maps and judge for yourself: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1589047,24.785939,3a,75y,202.54h,87.09t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sR-4Q2vtkAWM2jEwAq7ycmQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DR-4Q2vtkAWM2jEwAq7ycmQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D81.555214%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1589047,24.785939,3a,75y,202... You can compare to other areas of the city: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1589047,24.785939,3a,75y,202.54h,87.09t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sR-4Q2vtkAWM2jEwAq7ycmQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DR-4Q2vtkAWM2jEwAq7ycmQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D81.555214%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1589047,24.785939,3a,75y,202... I think racial tension came down a lot the last 10 years, and the reason is that quite a few Roma work in Western Europe. For the ones in Stolipinovo I believe the prime destination is Dortmund. FWF I think the EU helped diffuse the tension by allowing increased mobility of both Roma and poor Bulgarians. I think the Roma neighbourhoods were much worse around the turn of the century and the politics were much more aggressive towards the Roma - I remember the Attack party being really popular back then. I think it has been slow, but nowadays it is not as acceptable as once was to publish bluntly racist texts like this example from a prominent BG journalist in 2012: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=bg&tl=en&u=https://www.kevorkkevorkian.com/bg/publications%26article_id%3D5266.html https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=bg&tl=en&u=https:/... In 2018, the same guy got a lifetime achievement award from the union of BG journalists.