Asians going to Garden City? (New York, York: elementary school, to live in, restaurants)

[Joe L]

Originally Posted by NooYowkur81

Isn't New Hyde Park still mostly a white town? I've been around there, seemed pretty white to me.

Aside the homes East of NHP road of Stewart
Not anymore, the hospital (North Shore LIJ took over the whole town and somehow imported about 10,000 medical workers, interns from countrys like India, Pakistan, and Iran.
Not only NYP Park but every town in a 4 mile radius. I’m not sure how it works but these people can have there families with them and have now braught there extended families over with living an average 10-15 people in a 1 family house.

School taxes are going through the roof, ESL teachers, extra classrooms I got fed up and had to move (30 more days) Don’t ever move near a big hospital

One recent (green card)Iranian doctor moved in down the street from me, he hates this country, he started putting put stucco wall around his house (town stopped him) now fights with everybody. The guy calls teenager's, women, my girlfriend wh-ores tell them to ‘cover up” he beat up his daughter. Throw’s garbage on peoples lawns.
This guy put these weird chimes in his yard that were ring loud at odd times of the day. There are many and I mean MANY people exactly like him especially in Great Neck.

Stuff like this is starting to happen all over the TNH, a large part of it thanks to that hospital and some program Matilda Coumo drew up around 1998 (The ex Govonors wife).
Coumo still has an huge office in the Hospital. I know this because my sister worked there they scuttled her department and now do most the office work in India over the internet

[mead]

Yeah technically there might be a difference in status, but in culture its negligible. The main reason for assimilation among Puerto Ricans is that they've just been here the longest. Immigration from Puerto Rico to this area started in the 1950s, which was before the Cubans, Dominicans, South Americans, and WAY before the Mexicans who have been coming up here in the past couple of decades.

Listen, I've met lots of people from Puerto Rico. I've met some of the richest Puerto Ricans in the country and have met many average Joes. Yes there are obviously differences, but I am talking about the average guy on the street in this area.

Yes, in order to be considered American you have to adopt your palate to American tastes. This doesn't mean you can't eat your ancestral country's food. Of course you can do that, but you can't just go around trying to eat like you're back in the old country , as apparently so many immigrants attempt to do these days, and consider yourself fully American. So that might mean eating a hot dog or apple pie every once in a while.

What is American cuisine? Take a look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cuisine

Originally Posted by NooYowkur81

Dude they come to the U.S. as citizens, and can come and go as they please, that is a huge difference. What the hell are you talking about?

Plus your talking from your very narrow experience with Puerto Ricans here in the NYC area. Puerto Ricans have been in the U.S for years now. A lot of them have left the NYC area and are all over the U.S.

Also a lot of Puerto Ricans I know do not even know Spanish and have barely been to P.R. They are some of the most assimilated Latinos in the U.S.

And since when does eating different types of food make you unamerican. So to eat American you have to eat hot dogs and burgers every day with apple pie for dessert? What exactly is American food anyway? Huh? What a dumb thing to say mead.

[thunder94]

Originally Posted by NooYowkur81

Isn't New Hyde Park still mostly a white town? I've been around there, seemed pretty white to me.

When were you around 10 years ago?
Next time take a closer look when you drive through..making your way down hillside ave between the cross island pkwy and lakeville rd is like trying to navigate through a mine field.
I'm surprised they don't sell livestock in the Stop n shop in New hyde Park..or maybe they do now it's been a while since I've been there.
Try shopping there one time..such a pleasurable expierience..lol

[MrTudo]

Originally Posted by Glen NY

Sixtwo, fortunately for you, Asians have established themselves as hardworking successful members of the community. This country is made up of many different peoples and some have not proven to be this way. Therefore they face some forms of discrimination and ostrization. The Asians are almost always the top of their classes and are recognized achievers in business and academics. I believe Asians have set the precedent for every other immigrating ethnic group to follow. Asians have also overcome tremendous discrimination, langauge barriers and clearly discernable physical features that distingiush them from others and they continue to succeed. I wish every other ethnic "minority" group could do that and stop blaming world history for their problems and making excuses for failures. You are welcome as my neighbor any day.

Excellent Glen.

[HappyHopeful2007]

kitty71 is right in being compassionate. The gentleman wrote on this board trusting to receive helpful info. You don't have to like diversity to simply answer his question as to whether he and his family will be accepted in Garden City. I think the tone and sincerity of his inquiry warrants saying nothing in response if one does not have somethinh kind or helpful to say.

Is there anyone with children in Garden City school district that could tell the this concerned dad if his child will be safe and accepted as a minority?

[mead]

Originally Posted by HappyHopeful2007

kitty71 is right in being compassionate. The gentleman wrote on this board trusting to receive helpful info. You don't have to like diversity to simply answer his question as to whether he and his family will be accepted in Garden City. I think the tone and sincerity of his inquiry warrants saying nothing in response if one does not have somethinh kind or helpful to say.

Is there anyone with children in Garden City school district that could tell the this concerned dad if his child will be safe and accepted as a minority?

Listen there's no need to keep stirring the pot. I think this point has been debated quite thoroughly now.

Nobody on Long Island (or Westchester or New Jersey for that matter) wants to see their town become another Flushing. That's all there is too it.

[iheart]

Originally Posted by movinquick

I read all your posts. i'm going to be the one to say it.....you sound dumb.

Fact: White people have killed hundreds of thousands of people in masses like no other race. ex: germans killing off all jews; more recent example: american slavery that helped build this country you see today.

so i guess every other race should hate all white people and whatever they stand for.

how can you blame "asian people" as a whole for this? are you including indians? filipinos? cambodians? who exactly are you including in "asian"?

let me guess, all your friends are white and wear white sheets over their heads.

you show one picture of some chinese guy with a smile on his face and you feel that you've made a point. you put any white contractor in kim's (the man in the pic) shoes and have him make the same amount of money from the deal as kim is, your white contractor would have the same smile kim has. thats a business man closing the deal in the picture, but all you see is an asian destroying trees.

change is inevitable. nyc is growing. there are more and more families looking for a place to live. not everyone is as fortunate to live in manhasset as you are. from a business view, what the asians are doing makes sense. they are preparing the area to support more people. whats wrong with that? if you don't like the fedder a/c's, don't look at them.

ps. just in case you missed it the first time - you sound dumb

Kudo to that movinquick! lumping the whole group to blame is just a shallow assumption and simply untruth.
An interesting quote from the movie "The Emperor's Club" said something to this effect....Ignorance can be overcomes with times and knowledge, but stupid...is forever stupid.

[iheart]

Originally Posted by Joe L

You would be fine as long as you dont plan on converting your house to a stucco & blond brick "bomb shelter" like a certain group has done to 1/2 of Flushing and now Little Neck.
........the truth

Example: Sanford Ave and 162nd St:

You got the point here. They should have some consideration for the community and their neighbors for housing like this. Obviously they didn't know and tasteless. Perhaps the community could reach out and provide some insight guidelines for newcomer like this. But most Asians are not like this.

[taydin]

Originally Posted by Glad2bhere

We are ALL racist towards some culture (skin color, nationality, etc) other than our own in some way. Even the whites, we can break it down to Irish, Italian, Polish, German, etc. Notice the pockets of all these groups throughout Queens and BKLYN, with their grocery stores, etc carrying their specialty items, with Saturday language schools for their children to continue learning their language and culture and carry that forward. The Polish esp dont want to lose that. Is that so wrong for them to want to be with each other? NO. Just as the Indians, Asians, black, etc want to be with their own "most" often (sure I cant speak for them all). If you dont feel like you fit in, then you dont move there. I would not want to move in a community where "I" was the minority, that is for sure, but I dont get "mad" that these communities exist and call them racists. Everyone likes their own type often.

and dont forget, there are some whites who dont want to live with other whites for what may seem to be stereotypical reasons (but very often is true for many) =.We all have our experiences and reasons for wanting what we do.

Is anybody racist against the Turks? I think they're loved by all people..

[GCGuy]

Go to Astoria and ask a Greek that question...