>plop them down in depressed midwestern towns ... which they would immediately leave in favor of areas with extant support systems for immigrants of the same c

>plop them down in depressed midwestern towns ... which they would immediately leave in favor of areas with extant support systems for immigrants of the same culture. Immigrants don't go where they are needed; they go/stay where they can attain the highest standard of living with minimum effort. That's how New York City grew.