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I live in a small city of 110 thousand people and about 55 thousand are Italian living in the City. It's an amazing up kept Italian neighborhood with great smells, great food, beautiful houses, and beautiful gardens.
A few years back.... Hmmm... In the meantime, like currently, there's been a complete revival of East Passyunk Ave which is still the heart of S. Philly's Little Italy. And I guess those Italian store keepers, you spoke to, weren't paying any attention to how neglected the southern half of the Italian Market was before some Asians and hispanics started businesses there.
The point being made is there isn't much left in the way of Italians in the "Italian Market area" beyond the specialty stores like Dibruno's, Superior Pasta, etc.
A few years back.... Hmmm... In the meantime, like currently, there's been a complete revival of East Passyunk Ave which is still the heart of S. Philly's Little Italy. And I guess those Italian store keepers, you spoke to, weren't paying any attention to how neglected the southern half of the Italian Market was before some Asians and hispanics started businesses there.
Simmer down I am not from there and have only been once and told of my experience when I was there.
The point being made is there isn't much left in the way of Italians in the "Italian Market area" beyond the specialty stores like Dibruno's, Superior Pasta, etc.
Maybe, maybe not. I don't have a source but I believe South Philly (it's not called Little Italy) still has one of the highest concentrations of Italians in the country. And this thread is about "Best Italian Community." I have never heard anyone from out-of-town ever say that South Philly's Italian community is small until now.
Utica-Rome NY has a pretty high Italian percentage as a metro area(18%). Scranton-Wilkes Barre PA and New Haven CT also come to mind.
I know for the Utica-Rome area, East Utica(especially the outer East and SE neighborhoods), Rome's "Little Italy" along East Dominick Street on its East Side and Frankfort just east of Utica(has one of the highest Italian percentages in the US) are some parts where you would find concentrations in that area.
Pittston in the Scranton-Wilkes Barre area has a high Italian percentage.
He's on the Connecticut forum often. It's Waterbury, CT.
Waterbury is about 16% Italian.
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