Moving out of London

Not to downplay the difficulties in moving from liberal cosmopolitan town to less liberal rural/town setting, but it doesn't really compare to being lone dark face in a white space.

The stark truth of this is really hard for ethnically european people like me to conceive of, until they spend some time with someone with visibly non-european ethnicity in a rural / provincial place. The rudeness, staring, and weirdness shown to friends of mine in those places whilst in the sticks is absolutely medieval.