Birmingham is an interesting city. It's actually a lot more cosmopolitan than people tend to give it credit for; and it really is England's melting pot-- it has the largest population of people from India and Pakistan outside of India and Pakistan.
There are also a
lot of people from other middle eastern and asian countries. I like the city because it's so close to lots of beautiful sights in the midlands and costwold area, and it's only about 2 hours by bus to London.
I noticed in London and also here that it *seems* like-- if you're a girl and living in the UK, don't get mad at me for this-- the overwhelming majority of caucasian women dye their hair blonde. Many different shades of blonde with varying levels of success. It's very interesting. Many of the asian (by that I mean middle eastern/persian/indian/pakistani) women cover their hair. Also, there are a HUGE number of women who wear full-on burqas here in Birmingham. I've seen several where they have a tiny patch of black mesh to look out of; I have even seen-- and I am not making this up-- women who are completely covered from head to foot with nothing to look out of. (I peeked, discreetly.) They are led by the hand usually by their husband but sometimes by a son. In Seattle we have a fair number of muslim people of many nationalities, and hair covering is pretty common, but I have never seen anything like this.
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