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It's interesting seeing this wave of Indian American immigrants taking over a sector. I've noticed that more and more of the hotels in my neck of the woods her
by CharlieDigital 2y ago
It's interesting seeing this wave of Indian American immigrants taking over a sector. I've noticed that more and more of the hotels in my neck of the woods here in the NY/NJ metro area are now Indian owned/operated.
It reminds me of an LA Times piece about the rise and fall of the Korean dry cleaners[0][1] and of course, Chinese restaurants before that[2][3] and why immigrant waves tend to end up coalescing around a few business sectors/industries.
[0] https://www.latimes.com/podcasts/story/2021-08-31/the-times-podcast-korean-dry-cleaners https://www.latimes.com/podcasts/story/2021-08-31/the-times-...
[1] https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-31/long-a-path-to-success-for-korean-immigrants-dry-cleaners-struggle-in-the-pandemic https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-31/long-a-p...
[2] https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/22/467113401/lo-mein-loophole-how-u-s-immigration-law-fueled-a-chinese-restaurant-boom https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/22/467113401/lo...
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/upshot/chinese-restaurants-closing-upward-mobility-second-generation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/upshot/chinese-restaurant...