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Im surprised at the low number for Chicago. What gives?
Well, think about the types of firms that predominate the Chicagoland landscape, as opposed to SF Bay and DFW. Many of those firms that have been family owned, and passed down from generation to generation before the time there was a large Latino population in Chicagoland.
In addition, many of the possible 'niche' spots (in things such as construction, , etc.) that Latinos could have filled in were already filled in given that Chicagoland has been relatively populated with a demographic that did those jobs way before there was a large Latino presence, and many of those Latinos simply work for the already established firms (I don't think most people care who gives their paycheck as long as they get one).
Yeah, northern california Mexican culture is very different from Mexican culture elsewhere in the US. For one thing, there's a lot of cultural exchange between the black and latino community here which is largely due to the civil rights era... the black and latino communities were fighting similar issues and came together on common ground.
Getting to the rest of your post though, HP/Bayview is definitely not indicative of the "average latino neighborhood" in the Bay Area. I suspect you've never spent much time in the South Bay or the peninsula...
Interesting. Your description of Northern California Mexicans sounds very similar to Houston Mexicans. Not really a much of a division with the two groups.
Difference is Texas has had six national flags; Georgia only has had 5. Many states use their state flags to add up to 6. Republic of Texas and the US state of Texas used the same flag, but one was an independent nation.
Exactly. It's not that I'm arguing for Texas uniqueness, I'm arguing for SA's different history from the rest of the South. When was there ever a battle against the Mexican forces in ATL, for dominance of GA? Texas developed in a different way then GA.
SF Mexican culture vs. SJ mexican culture is very different... to an extent, SJ Mexicans tend to identify more with Mexican culture whereas SF Mexicans tend to identify more with the Bay and urban culture in general. For example, (from my experience) you're more likely to hear Hip Hop at a block party in the Mission than you are to hear Norteno music whereas in SJ even the younger generation identifies heavily with old-school Mexican music. And even when they play hip hop in SJ, its more likely to be Norte rap and not the more traditionally hip-hop sounding Thizz Latin stuff that comes out of SF.
It seems most Chicanos listen to old-school black soul music. They love all those oldies.
My history may be a little rusty, but I don't recall Georgia ever being a part of French territory. The French and Indian War were fought in Tennessee and Kentucky by the French but not Georgia. I used wikipedia (not exactly scholarly, I know) for a quick search out of curiosity, I couldn't find anything on it.
Alabama and Mississippi was part of french territory. Parts of Alabama and Mississippi formed from Georgia before 1802.
We have to look at the overall picture. ATL didn't have the same duration of time historically as being part of France/Spain or whatever for that to be as major for the development of Atlanta, as it did for SA. SA was a frontier city, and the largest Spanish mission in Texas for a greater part of it's history. Not, necessarily a Southern strong-hold like Atlanta. That was my original point.
Honestly, is it that hard to imagine why DFW or just about any place in Texas might be more steeped in Hispanic history and culture than Atlanta? It's not that complicated, people.
Honestly, is it that hard to imagine why DFW or just about any place in Texas might be more steeped in Hispanic history and culture than Atlanta? It's not that complicated, people.
Seriously.
Remember the Alamo, kids. Remember the Alamo.
Oh, and don't forget to pick up a burrito while you're in Lubbock
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