Here is what Zwillow says about Merced. It answers a lot of questions about the economy and how farm families just don’t fit in there anymore. Remember this is the United States. Whole cities are now predominately foreign born. The American culture, the American farm culture that settled the West, is not surviving into the 21st century apparently.
See below:
The main types of people are:
1. People who live in this neighborhood Foreign-born Urbanites - Foreign-born individuals who live in city.
2. Melting Pot - Low-income, foreign-language-speaking urbanites.
3. Urban Bootstrappers - Lower-scale single parents living in the city.
Merced residents are unique because:
* What’s this neighborhood like They’re more likely to speak Spanish or Spanish Creole.
* A larger number did not complete high school.
* There’s a higher percentage of people who work for the government.
About These Groups
The information in this section was derived from analysis of data (such as age, occupation, and income) from the 2000 U.S. Census. Using segmentation methods, our analysts created groupings based on the demographic and socioeconomic composition of each city and neighborhood.
“Remember this is the United States. Whole cities are now predominately foreign born.”
That’s true. We left Milwaukee, WI in 1970. We lived in a totally German neighborhood. It became 100% Hispanic by the mid-80’s when I went back to visit.