Pittsburgh's ethnic neighborhoods becoming a thing of the past
http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20030525ethnicreg3p3.asp
...and this was written four years ago. It's becoming even less so now. Buried two more church ladies on Saturday.
By the way, West Pike Run Township -- population of 1800 people covering 17 square miles -- is where I grew up in Washington County. Daisytown, PA, which is the only "town ( Read more... )
...and this was written four years ago. It's becoming even less so now. Buried two more church ladies on Saturday.
By the way, West Pike Run Township -- population of 1800 people covering 17 square miles -- is where I grew up in Washington County. Daisytown, PA, which is the only "town ( Read more... )
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It's so nice to see a post from you again. How have you been?
The article mentioned intermarrying, but I think its also just a fact that over time, people move. The longer people stay in this country, the less they feel the need to identify as Hungarian, German, Italian, Polish, etc. - they're just American. There's less need for enclaves.
The other factor, I think, is that now immigration means Latinos, Asians, Indians, Middle Easterners - "people of color." It's no longer flavors of Europeans. Next to all these non-white ethnicities, we're all white.
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Or I should say, Miss Pittsburgh! =)
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