In To Kill a Mockingbird what is the neighborhood's opinion of Mrs Dubose?

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout and Jem see Mrs. Dubose as a wicked old heartless lady. Atticus, the children's father, does not share this view. He says that Mrs. Dubose has the most courage of any person he has ever known. He holds this opinion because she had the courage to fight and overcome her addiction to morphine.
The nieghborhoods opinion of Mrs. Dubose was unanimous that she was the meanest old lady that ever lived.