No. 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 o

No. 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.