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Originally Posted by Crawford
Southern SI is the most heavily Italian section of NYC these days, and is fairly high income. Also full of small business owners and tradespeople (high income/moderate education) which aligns with Trumpist support. Former Soviets are probably the second largest group, and also quite Trumpist.
The adjacent areas of NJ are heavily nonwhite and working class, and much older and more urban. Places like Perth Amboy are much more citylike than South Shore SI.
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I guess the critical question then is why did this class of people stay within the city (or "city" if you will) in NYC, where they decamped to the suburbs pretty much everywhere else in the country?