Strongest Italian presence: Baltimore, New Orleans or San Francisco? (place, population, highest)
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None of them have a particularly strong Italian influence.
New Orleans - 9.06%
Baltimore - 6.50%
San Francisco - 5.34% Italian
New Orleans also has a higher % of people claiming Italian ancestry exclusively. So I guess I'd go with New Orleans.
Most Italian-Americans left New Orleans and San Francisco for the suburbs some time ago. I think in New Orleans most of Italian ancestry live in Metairie and Kenner. There's a lot of Italian-American businesses in that metro though, I'd say historically New Orleans has the largest imprint from Italian immigrants--especially Sicilians.
Baltimore has a very quaint and charming Little Italy neighborhood. Unfortunately outside of the atmosphere, the food at most of the Italian restaurants leaves something to be desired.
Baltimore has a very quaint and charming Little Italy neighborhood. Unfortunately outside of the atmosphere, the food at most of the Italian restaurants leaves something to be desired.
Vaccaro's at Albemarle and Stiles in Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood is one of my favorite Italian bakeries in the country.
A lot of the influence of Italians in San Francisco and the Bay Area(and in other places in California like San Diego) was in the fishing industry. The cioppino seafood stew had it's roots from Genoese fisherman and then developed into one if the most popular regional dishes. I grew up an hour to the south of San Francisco and a lot of the seafood restaurants and fishing boats were owned by a select few Italian-American families. In general though the places that felt most Italian around the region were the rare restaurants or shops owned by more recent Italian immigrants(of which there weren't many) or the oldest 1st or 2nd generation Italians still around.
Hate to be a homer but can I add St. Louis? The Hill (StL's historically Italian neighborhood) is the epicenter of the region's Italian cuisine and has a pretty strong cultural vibe. It was the city's primary neighborhood for Northern Italian immigrants. Southern Italians lived closer to the city core, but city leaders of the past in all their brilliance ripped that section of the city down.
Most Italian-Americans left New Orleans and San Francisco for the suburbs some time ago. I think in New Orleans most of Italian ancestry live in Metairie and Kenner. There's a lot of Italian-American businesses in that metro though, I'd say historically New Orleans has the largest imprint from Italian immigrants--especially Sicilians.
Those were metro percentages. Here are the most recent stats (2013 estimates) for the city limits.
San Francisco - 43,790 (5.22%)
New Orleans - 14,448 (3.81%)
Baltimore - 16,581 (2.66%)
Surprisingly, Washington, DC has a larger Italian population than Baltimore (25,099 and 3.88%). Philadelphia, which is the next closest major city, has an Italian population of 120,466 (7.75%).
Hate to be a homer but can I add St. Louis? The Hill (StL's historically Italian neighborhood) is the epicenter of the region's Italian cuisine and has a pretty strong cultural vibe. It was the city's primary neighborhood for Northern Italian immigrants. Southern Italians lived closer to the city core, but city leaders of the past in all their brilliance ripped that section of the city down.
Not being a homer at all. I was actually going to suggest tossing STL into the discussion. St. Louis is well-known for its pizza.
Do Baltimore, San Francisco and St. Louis have any Italian concentrations?
There are some suburbs of New Orleans (Meraux, Chalmette) that are around 20% Italian.
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Can't find any in the other three.
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New Orleans has the highest Italian ancestry percentage and percentage with single ancestry.
Last edited by Yac; 09-24-2014 at 07:48 AM..
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