Yeah, if you can't afford to live in an area then move. It's really that simple. sent from my Nokia 3310 from an east end slum
It's alright where I live, a quiet little town. I go into Leicester for nights out. Leicester is the most cosmopolitan place in the UK so they say round here.
Don't know East Midlands at all. One of my friends is from Dudley so I know a bit about West Midlands. The accent is hilarious.
I drove through Leicester once. Not along the pavements in a transit van I hasten to add. It reminded me of driving through Southall so if by cosmopolitan you mean full of arabs then yes, it might well be.