And Humboldt Park. I grew up just East of there in the Ukrainian Village....
I grew up just East of there in the Ukrainian Village....
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YES, I DO understand that certain ethnic groups HAVE to live in the same ‘neighborhood’ due to society and the ‘prejudices’ of those already in the town but one may think that after 3 or 4 generations such places as ‘Korea Town, China Town, Ukranian Village, signs in cities in the language of the ‘predominant’ ethnicity living there that if one wanted to live in ‘China town’ at 30 or 40 years old may think of moving to China.
Why would one travel thousands of miles and try to transform the area they are traveling to into the place they just left.
We used to get a lot of PA and WV types in Northern VA who normally spent the week down here and went ‘home’ on weekends, and for the most part spending as little of the money they made here - here, sending it ‘home’ living (illegally) 5 or 6 to a 2 BR Apt (I am talking Whites here) and continually ‘bragging’ about what a $hithole NoVA was and what a heaven Central PA was.
We (probably mostly permanent ‘imports’) would ask if PA was so f’n great, why are you down here clogging up our highways?
I lived in a neighborhood in Northern VA (bought in 75 or so) and I was considered a ‘newbie’ to the long time residents and eventually turned into ‘WHAT moved next door?’
I used to like the highly diversified neighborhood and my wife would argue etc but MY POINT was if the neighborhood turned into all Muslim, Spanish, Black, or any other ‘group’, the value of the houses would drop, whereas a ‘mixed use group’ kept the prices on a par with the rest of the county or vicinity.