text: Opinions and assistance is greatly appreciated , many thanks I 'm sure your friends will keep you safe , just listen to what they say like any urban area you need to be streetwise maybe East and LOCATION1 are not the best areas but they 're a long way from the worst areas too being caucasian is not a big deal , there 's still lots of white British people living there even though there 's a large Asian population too the couple of times I 've been over there it always struck me as very vibrant I went into a few of the Asian shops and they were always very welcoming