These immigrants formed almost the entire American population, a demographic anomaly in which people from nationalities separated by land and sea; these people come from countries separated by expansive distances can live within the same neighborhood. Both Anna Quindlen with her essay “A Quilt of a...
decisions about where to live hinged on multiple factors: cost of living, location of kin and friends, proximity to transportation, availability of affordable housing, ideals about a desirable living environment, and finally, the location of jobs. The last factor had greater influence among these ...