Moving to Weymouth from Leicester??

MysteryMe

The most obvious places for diversity and culture are likely to be university towns and larger cities. Shipping ports have historically been places where immigrants have landed and settled. Try those.

However, just to counter some of the OP's comments, ignorance and intolerance sees no colour, it inhabits all ethnicities. I was born and brought up in a very culturally diverse area in the east end of London. Most people regardless of background just want to get along and seek common ground and not look for differences and division all the time. 

The OP bristles at any negativity towards Leicester and says they know it's unfair because they live there yet seemingly has no such difficulties branding the people of Weymouth  (a place I have never been to ) of all sorts having merely visited the place. Hypocritical much OP?  

youth_leader

I like the vibe in Southampton. My aunt lives on the IOW and I fly down and take the bus through to the ferry, it seems like a nice city with many students from all over the world.  I miss multicultural society, I was born in Twickenham but in middle age moved to the NE with my husband's promotion.   I now live in a small village in Northumberland where non politically correct words are still used without the speaker being aware. 

jimbo6977

Weymouth will be much whiter and much older. How you feel about that is up to you. 

Albermarle

jimbo6977 said:

Weymouth will be much whiter and much older. How you feel about that is up to you. 

Although with the seafront and old harbour, somewhat more visually appealing than Leicester !

Murphybear

chrisw said:

Are you not stereotyping, the very thing you're trying to avoid? How can you say that most people who live in villages are racist? That's racist in itself. Maybe it's your attitude that's the issue?

I’ve lived in 2 small villages, one in Northamptonshire and one in Devon.  I wasn’t aware of any racism.  

TripleH

Does Weymouth rely on summer tourism? If so tourist seaside towns can be bleak in winter (the difference between Scarborough and Whitby for those from that area)as they tend to shut down.

Racism can impact differently depending on areas, seaside town saw very little issues in my experience but an inland wealthy desirable town, I witnessed far more.

Then I've seen far worse racial dislike in one big northern city to a community than I have in the next big city on the rail line.

A lot also depends on how you mix in a new area. My father's family came to the UK and seemed to have had few issues (but people from the same country who have moved more recently have), but there might be many factors at play.

I've experienced the worst issues growing up in a town that voted remain and from the 'enlightened middle class' than I have from those who are stereotyped as less enlightened.

Murphybear

youth_leader said:

I like the vibe in Southampton. My aunt lives on the IOW and I fly down and take the bus through to the ferry, it seems like a nice city with many students from all over the world.  I miss multicultural society, I was born in Twickenham but in middle age moved to the NE with my husband's promotion.   I now live in a small village in Northumberland where non politically correct words are still used without the speaker being aware. 

I was born and brought up in Southampton so I’m probably biased.  My brother lives in the New Forest not far away.  If I were buying now I’d probably look for somewhere more rural but that’s because I’m retired and my needs/wants are different from when I was younger.

We live in Dorset now and have been to Weymouth many times.  I’ve never lived there though.  One thing to be aware of is that it gets very very busy in the summer.  Parking in the centre can be a nightmare.  If you’ve got friends/relatives with children the beach is great, large and safe.  

We like the Isle of Wight as well.  It’s where we met nearly 30 years ago.  We’ve been back 3 times recently.  One word of caution, the Isle of Wight ferries have the reputation of being the most expensive per km in the world along with the Scottish Highlands.  

Final point.  Dorset is one of the most expensive counties to buy property in.  If you go over the border to Hampshire that’s pretty expensive as well, especially in the New Forest.  

If you fancied Devon instead I could write a book