Bit of a generalisation there Bav, be proud of tha roots man! Some shit places across the county - bigging up the east with Hull as its epicentre for one!
There are some nicer spots in WY, of course there are, but compared with the rest of Yorkshire, WY is a lot wetter, more densely populated, more deprived, more (post-)industrial, with more litter, more fly-tipping and more towns & cities (e.g. Bradford, Huddersfield, Keighley and my home-town Halifax) that are dying on their arses and have large un-integrated Muslim populations whose youths act & drive (for the want of a better word) like life is cheap and the law doesn't apply to them.
I'm not that naïve to think there aren't problems elsewhere and I'll freely admit that I don't know SY very well at all, but IMO WY has bigger problems that are more deeply rooted.
BTW, a lot of people decry Hull (mostly those who've never been) and, yes, it has it's problems, but my daughter graduated from Hull 5/6 years ago and she loved it - the people were friendly and she could walk around the city at night without feeling intimidated or unsafe in any way. Contrast that with my recent trip to Bradford city centre where, as a bloke who isn't easily intimidated, I didn't feel safe even in broad daylight.
I realise that some of the above may offend some people, but they're just my opinions based on my experiences.