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Is there anything specific that attracts Puerto Ricans to Rochester, Amsterdam, and Dunkirk? Other than the existing PR populations that have been there for decades?
Is there anything specific that attracts Puerto Ricans to Rochester, Amsterdam, and Dunkirk? Other than the existing PR populations that have been there for decades?
Likely industries that recruited/attracted them there like area farm work and manufacturing.
Is there anything specific that attracts Puerto Ricans to Rochester, Amsterdam, and Dunkirk? Other than the existing PR populations that have been there for decades?
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Originally Posted by ckhthankgod
Likely industries that recruited/attracted them there like area farm work and manufacturing.
Also cheap housing/cost of living. To many Puerto Ricans this makes Western NY a more ideal situation compared to super expensive NYC.
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