Puerto Ricans in North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh: chapel, neighborhoods, buy)
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Theres close to 90,000 Puerto Ricans in the state of North Carolina. In Charlotte and Raleigh, what neighborhoods are they mostly at? And other than those 2 cities, where else can you find them at significant. Are they a very noticeable group? And does anybody know any Puerto Rican restaurants or bodegas in the state?
I am Rican moved to Charlotte 4 months ago from NJ. First, bodegas don't exist here everything you buy at a bodega you'll find at the gas station. I found a few Ricans went to a Sasla festival and there were Ricans there. They do have a compare foods here where you can find all spanish food. There's one restaurant that I found so far but it's Dominican which to me is close enough when you don't have a PR restaurant it's called Punta Cana good food there. Ricans are not really noticeable here unless you go to an event or you see somebody with the little bandera hanging off the car mirror. There are Ricans, Dominicans and Cubans here but not in one neighborhood and I would say central americans are by far the dominant hispanic population here.
In general Puerto Ricans as well as Columbians, Venezuelans, Dominicans etc. seem to be kind of dispersed all over really not concentrated in certain neighborhoods. I have friends that a some of all these different nationalities and although there are certain areas at least of Raleigh/Cary and I suspect Charlotte as well where hispanic or international food stores are more concentrated. But these stores/establishments service the hispanic culture at large not really just puerto ricans etc. etc.
Fayetteville does have a large Puerto Rican population but they don't self segregate into neighborhoods. There have been a couple of resturants but they have not stayed in business long. They do come out to show some community spirit at our International Festival every year with food booths, parade, dance groups.
Yea PRs are the 2nd largest hispanic group in NC, its just central americans look more like mexicans, so people tend to think they have the "hispanic" look.. while PRs usually look either white, black, or mixed, nothing like mexicans, Which people tend to equate to hispanic.
PRs are scattered throughout NC's major metro areas,Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, Greensboro, and Fayetteville. Though I dont know the exact areas of these metro areas they are more concentrated in.
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There is a noticeable Puerto Rican population in Gastonia.
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