I'm from west London, born in Acton, W12, then lived in Southall, West Drayton (near Heathrow) before fleeing London for west Yorkshire in 1997.

I moved from Yorkshire to Forest Hill in 2003.

I dunno whether my experiences of Forest Hill and its citizens are because they're from Forest Hill, or because London itself changed whilst I was away!

Growing up in Southall, there was a large ethnic Asian population, now in Forest Hill it's a bit more Afro-Carribean, but, other than that, the biggest thing I've noticed since I came back to London is the transport system.

The office of Mayor was created whilst I was in Yorkshire, and the bus service in particular, was massively better when I came back.