Kinshasa may look modern but, in reality, it was badly damaged by the years of conflict and many buildings are still in a state of disrepair and abandoned. The city centre is the only place with a reliable electricity and water supply with outlying areas subject to frequent power outages and breakdown of water supplies. Many of these outer areas of Kinshasa don't have even have paved roads, just dirt tracks. Kinshasa is divided into zones. Most of the key administration buildings, embassies and offices of international organizations can be found at its centre whilst, along the western edge of the central city, lies the industrial zone sector with the waterfront, along Kinshasa's northern edge, being lined with quays and large warehouses. The east of the city itself is home to the residential apartments for the elite class of Congolese and Europeans while poorer areas extend southward on the east and west of Kinshasa with satellites such as Ndjili, to the south-east, being a large residential area. Generally Kinshasa is considered relatively safe but as in any major conurbation, tourists and visitors should exercise caution especially when moving alone at night not least because there is widespread poverty in the city and many reports of muggings, pick-pocketing and other thefts. Kinshasa is also home to thousands of street children, known as 'Shegue', who have to rob, steal and harass to stay alive and numb their pain by taking drugs, entering into violent gangs and sniffing glue. Best avoided!