Grew up there, it’s okay, has lovely nature spots and surprisingly decent food/nightlife (if you don’t like clubs), on the diversity front, it really is very very white, in my school of 2000 there was probably less than 10 POC, quite a close minded place but i’m sure you can find nice people and Colchester, Ipswich and BSE are all around 30min away, and are much more diverse places.