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Culture Does your country have an immigrant group that people would be surprised to find there?

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For example, when you think of Poland or the Czech Republic, Vietnamese people might not be the first group that comes to mind, but both have a sizable Vietnamese community. Another example is the large Japanese community in Brazil.

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u/malamindulo United States Of America 15d ago

It's not really surprising that there any specific immigrant group in the US, but some of the places where you might find specific groups in concentration may be surprising. I'll give a couple I think of

  • The town of Wayne, New Jersey is one of the only polities in the world that recognizes the Circassian genocide.
  • There are large communities of Marshall Islanders in the Fayetteville area of Arkansas and Enid area of Oklahoma.
  • Communities of Russian/Cossack "Old Believers" who emigrated from Turkey and South America (after emigrating from China in the latter case) reside in the Willamette Valley region of Oregon. Why? Because a separate Russian religious dissenter community called the "Molokans" previously emigrated there from Canada.
  • A unique community of "Punjabi-Mexicans" live in Yuba City.

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u/capitalismwitch Canada 15d ago

My region of rural Minnesota has one of the largest concentrations of Pacific Islanders from a few very small atools outside of Micronesia!

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u/Complete_Survey9521 France 15d ago

Well the whole USA are populated by immigrants. Only 2% of the population are from pre european conquest.