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Originally Posted by Crawford
And the Bronx, probably the most Jewish place on earth in the 1940's, filled with garmentos, then became the most Puerto Rican place on earth outside of PR. Almost all the former Jewish neighborhoods transitioned to Puerto Rican (and are now transitioning to Dominican, Mexican and West African, especially in West Bronx).
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interesting. a similar story played out in chicago, although at a MUCH smaller scale.
humboldt park was once a heavily jewish neighborhood back in the day, but starting in the 50s, it started to see an inlfux of puerto ricans, a process that accelerated in the 70s/80s as many puerto ricans were gentrified out of lincoln park and headed west out to humboldt. the result was humboldt park becoming the center of puerto rican life in chicago.