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There are very very few Italian women in any of America's cities today.
I wouldn't say "very few".
Sicilian immigration continued until the mid-70's or so. Tons of Southern Italians immigrated to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn from about 1960-1975. The immigration only stopped because Southern Italy became somewhat more prosperous.
This means that there are plenty of, say 30-40 y.o. Italians who grew up in an Italian-speaking household, with Italian-born parents (and some of these kids were even born in Italy). You still see the "Si Parla Italiano" signs in the storefronts in some neighborhoods in Southern Brooklyn, mostly because there are old folks with poor English.
I lived two blocks from the "Italian Market" in South Philly for close to 20 years. I can tell you that many Italian-American families fled to the suburbs years/decades ago. There are still Italian-American women working in the city (2nd, 3rd, 4th generation and often mixed ethnicity at this point), but many now reside in the 'burbs or "down the shore" in New Jersey.
One is tempted to generalize and say that the families "left behind" who did not achieve the "status move" to the suburbs may not be from the "best stock" but there will be many exceptions to this.
I wonder if the crippling recession has generated an uptick of Italians emigrating to the US (as well as other parts of the Americas). It's got something like 38% youth unemployment rate coupled with a very high college education rate, so it seems like there would be relatively great opportunities abroad. I know other spots in the EU would probably be the easiest choice, but it seems like the new world would be a pretty good destination as well.
Most of the truly gorgeous Italian-American girls with whom I grew up in Rhode Island have since moved on to greener pastures such as Boston, New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. If they haven't yet, they're planning to.
Sicilian immigration continued until the mid-70's or so. Tons of Southern Italians immigrated to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn from about 1960-1975. The immigration only stopped because Southern Italy became somewhat more prosperous.
This means that there are plenty of, say 30-40 y.o. Italians who grew up in an Italian-speaking household, with Italian-born parents (and some of these kids were even born in Italy). You still see the "Si Parla Italiano" signs in the storefronts in some neighborhoods in Southern Brooklyn, mostly because there are old folks with poor English.
Soooo...where are the photos of the attractive Italian women????
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