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RE: Laos in Minnesota Good chance this is actually a lot of Hmong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hmong_in_Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul https:

by dmoy 10y ago

RE: Laos in Minnesota Good chance this is actually a lot of Hmong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hmong_in_Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hmong_in_Minnea... (source: went to school in the 90s in Minnesota, like 30% of my classmates were Hmong) Similar deal with Somali in Minneapolis - once there's critical mass of a given group in a given city, it increases the immigration pull because there's a support network. Right: if you do local stuff in Minneapolis, it's trivial to get paperwork in Somali, or find a Hmong translator.

kilroy123 10y ago
Definitely Hmong, they sent all Hmongs to Fresno, California and Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
notahacker 10y ago
I understand the benefits of diasporas settling in one city, just surprised it's one in Minnesota. In the UK the smaller diasporas all seem to end up concentrated in London. My favourite exception to this is Ugandan Asians fleeing Idi Amin, the majority of whom chose to settle in Leicester, a city many of them first heard of through adverts Leicester City Council took out in the Ugandan press addressed to "the many families in Uganda considering coming to Leicester" urging them not to come; they've been one of the UK's most successful minority groups ever since.
- dmoy 10y ago
  Some, in the case of Hmong and Somali, are because of groups in Minnesota encouraging the migration specifically to Minnesota. This is a reasonable recap of the Somali side: http://tcdailyplanet.tumblr.com/post/7081807388/ask-a-somali-why-are-there-so-many-somalis-in http://tcdailyplanet.tumblr.com/post/7081807388/ask-a-somali... TL;DR - Lutherans
- gohrt 10y ago
  Farther back in time, Minnesota wooed Swedish immigrants as well: https://www.google.com/#q=%22Minnesota+Immigration+Board%22 https://www.google.com/#q=%22Minnesota+Immigration+Board%22
- avn2109 10y ago
  A lot of the Hmong settled in the American North and West because of the CIA's liason with the Hmong, who was a Montana boy by way of Palo Alto. He thought the Hmong had fought hard against communism and would be massacred by the Viet Cong after the American pullout. So he lobbied hard for Hmong immigration opportunities to the States he knew best, which tended to be Northern and Western. For this reason, delicious Hmong produce is available in improbable locations, such as the Helena, Montana farmer's market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Daniels#Refugee_advocate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Daniels#Refugee_advocate

by dmoy 10y ago

kilroy123 10y ago

Definitely Hmong, they sent all Hmongs to Fresno, California and Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

notahacker 10y ago

I understand the benefits of diasporas settling in one city, just surprised it's one in Minnesota. In the UK the smaller diasporas all seem to end up concentrated in London. My favourite exception to this is Ugandan Asians fleeing Idi Amin, the majority of whom chose to settle in Leicester, a city many of them first heard of through adverts Leicester City Council took out in the Ugandan press addressed to "the many families in Uganda considering coming to Leicester" urging them not to come; they've been one of the UK's most successful minority groups ever since.

dmoy 10y ago
Some, in the case of Hmong and Somali, are because of groups in Minnesota encouraging the migration specifically to Minnesota. This is a reasonable recap of the Somali side: http://tcdailyplanet.tumblr.com/post/7081807388/ask-a-somali-why-are-there-so-many-somalis-in http://tcdailyplanet.tumblr.com/post/7081807388/ask-a-somali... TL;DR - Lutherans
gohrt 10y ago
Farther back in time, Minnesota wooed Swedish immigrants as well: https://www.google.com/#q=%22Minnesota+Immigration+Board%22 https://www.google.com/#q=%22Minnesota+Immigration+Board%22
avn2109 10y ago
A lot of the Hmong settled in the American North and West because of the CIA's liason with the Hmong, who was a Montana boy by way of Palo Alto. He thought the Hmong had fought hard against communism and would be massacred by the Viet Cong after the American pullout. So he lobbied hard for Hmong immigration opportunities to the States he knew best, which tended to be Northern and Western. For this reason, delicious Hmong produce is available in improbable locations, such as the Helena, Montana farmer's market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Daniels#Refugee_advocate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Daniels#Refugee_advocate