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I got nothing against Puerto Rico, but why does it get such a massive parade? My country doesn't even have one. Peru doesn't have a parade, Ecuador has a small one, Colombia has a small one, it's like why does Puerto Rico get a special treatment? :/ I wish other countries would get equal treatment
Puerto Rico is a territory of US - its not another country. And NYC has one of the largest Puerto Rican populations outside of PR.
Colombia has a huge NYC population too. I see a ton of Colombian flags here in Middle Village, and Middle Village is white as ****. That's just a testament to how many Colombian residents NYC has
To the OP, do you realize its the communities that put together and fund the parade? Its not the city. They just get the permit from the city. Any community can do a parade in NYC.
So if you are asking why is the PR parade so large, its because, over the years, they have been able to successfully fundraise for the parade.
Maybe there are other large communities that have small parades because they don't really care about donating to a parade. Who cares about parades anyways?
Does the actual city of NY still have a large PR community? I hear that East Harlem which was known as their enclave is losing its PR people and more latinos from central and south america are coming in. I know the DR community has Washington Heights, and many parts of the South Bronx. I have not heard of any PR nabes in the outer boros. I do know there are PR communities out in NJ, and Conn, and Philly.
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