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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
and it's not a missouri thing because KC (while not "rust-belt") has done a far better job at attracting mexican immigrants than STL has.
it is a bit of a mystery to me how cities like KC and Milwaukee ended up with ~3x more latinos than midwest peers like STL, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh.
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I think Milwaukee's large community is probably due to proximity to Chicago and subsequent spillover. KC has a very large agrarian component to its economy, which has traditionally attracted Mexican labor. KC is also obviously much closer to the Mexican border than other Midwestern cities. It's closer to Dallas than it is Cincinnati. Omaha also has a large Mexican community, probably for the same reasons as KC.