I grew up in a small neighbourhood pretty deep in the Cape Town marsh lands called Zeekoevlei, after moving from Mitchells Plain when i was 5. Everything felt so far away. The closest local shop was like a 45min walk away and all public transport, i.e. a mini bus taxi, was about the same distance, which you would still need to take to get to a train station. So, as a kid in this situation, you were surrounded by bush, a huge vlei (marsh land lake) and not many other kids. This was a huge start to developing my imagination and the first taste of what it was like to be an outsider.