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Percent living below the povery line in 1 city has more to do with the geographical distribution of immigrants from poor countries than it does with anything el
by learc83 8y ago
Percent living below the povery line in 1 city has more to do with the geographical distribution of immigrants from poor countries than it does with anything else.
Poor Asian immigrants are just more likely to settle in NYC.
- Avshalom 8y agoOh yeah sure because NYC is definitely the cheapest city to immigrate to...
- learc83 8y agoPoor immigrants in NYC often share housing with far more people than native born Americans would tolerate. How do you think all those people making below the poverty line afford to live there? They move there because of the existing immigrant communities already in place. 3/4 of Asian Americans in NYC are immigrants.
- Avshalom 8y agowhich part of what you just said makes you feel comfortable arguing against immigrant poverty?
- learc83 8y agoYou're gonna need to restate that because I'm not really sure what you're trying to say.
- Avshalom 8y agoyou seem to have claimed that people immigrating from Asia move to NYC because it's cheap but at the same time you claim it's cheap because they are willing to live umpteen to a room, vs. literally any other city in the country where it's a fraction of the price per sq ft. I am claiming that if one of the most populous cities in the country/world sees a high degree of poverty in a demographic it might be because that demographic has a high degree of poverty.
- learc83 8y agoNo. I'm saying they move there because of the existing communities in place, and they live in cramped condtions in order to afford it. >I am claiming that if one of the most populous cities in the country/world sees a high degree of poverty in a demographic it might be because that demographic has a high degree of poverty. You could actually look at the overall numbers though instead of extrapolating from a non-random sample. You'd find that Asian Americans are less likely to live in poverty than than any other minority group, and even less likely than the general population. Clearly NYC is an anomaly. That anomaly is caused by disproportionately large number of poor Asian immigrants. The only thing this demonstrates is that people from Asian countries poorer than the US disproportionately move to NYC. It isn't in any way useful in a discussion on Asian parenting methods or the benefits of education.
- Avshalom 8y agoand why should we believe that "living in NYC" should select for "under achieving children" or "not tiger moms"? also why is "Asian countries poorer than the US" so easily dismiss-able for purposes of parenting when almost all "Asian Countries" are poorer than the US?
- learc83 8y agoLooking at the income of first generation immigrants in relation to the income of the general population tells you absolutely nothing about the merits of the parenting methods of those immigrants. If you don't understand why that is the case, there really isn't much point in continuing this.