You're not looking over your shoulder any more. You see a car stopping and they ask you directions - you used to be afraid to tell them. I remember one time coming down in a black taxi, and I wasn't used to getting taxis, and he didn't stop where they usually stop to let you out. Shopping in the centre of the city is very different now. They used to search your bag before you went into every shop.
People know how to enjoy themselves in Belfast.
That's one thing that hasn't changed. Even during the Troubles they always went out and had a wee drink. We used to go to the GAA club on a Saturday night in the Ardoyne and they used to say, now watch yourselves going home. You'd see flashes of gunfire but it didn't keep people in. It was cowboy country then.