As a frequenter of the mutant express, the rickety old train adds to the fear factor of the grim destinations. There is frequently some gang of yobs getting kicked off at Annan, which is also the only place where I have witnessed a fight at a cricket game but apart from a tendency to fight it's alright, Gretna is home of chav weddings and nothing else, Dumfries is decent apart from Lochside which is more of a wannabe hard scheme compared to the rest of Scotland's various and diverse schemes.
But most villages on the roads from Dumfries to Ayr have names that sound like they are actually Ogres, (Mauchline, Drongan, Cumnock, Patna)