I saw Ladypool Rd after the tornados on BBC online a few years ago-and have looked at the area on google since, and few photos on BF - it is now an utterly alien environment from the one in which I grew up - different: races, languages, cultures, belief systems, food, clothing, trades, shops and social norms and customs.
Where I now live is also in another language, yet there are many more social and cultural norms that far from alien, while food and clothing are far better than in UK. If I do visit brum next time, I'll make sure that I run through my memory bank a couple of times before I do - have no wish to taint memories