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Old July 4th, 2006, 07:25 PM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.europe,soc.culture.usa,alt.politics.bush
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Iceman wrote:

In France there are whole towns of people from other European countries
that have chosen to live there, and English and American schools are
commonplace. I never heard of such a thing in the US, did you?

Sure. Many major cities in the US has little Italy, German town,
Little Tokyo, and most certainly Chinatown.


How many people in "Little Italy" are new immigrants? I'll bet only a
fraction can still speak Italian!!



Little Italy in New York is a tourist trap, not a real "ethnic
neighborhood". It's just a few blocks with overpriced mediocre Italian
restaurants and cheesy T-shirt and souvenier stores. The people in
that area are mostly immigrants from China and Latin America, and
virtually no Italian-Americans live there.


It has changed since it was first called "Little Italy"
This reminds me of the "Italian Market" area of Philadelphia on 9th
Street. In the 60's, I lived on a small side street 1/2 block off 9th
(840 Montrose, where there is no longer a house).
I don't remember seeing many non-Italians there at the time. However,
today the nationalities seen in the market are quite different.