Possible Clues:

• Place where dangerous plot may be hatched
• Seething environment
• House gets money owing back for nursery
• Growing area of terrorism, maybe
• Scene of rapid growth, as of intrigue
• Place with ideal conditions for development
• House with loan raised becomes a breeding-ground for problems
• Breeding ground with bottle?
• Locus of activity
• Forced to grow up early in this vicious place