Is NYC the most geopolitically diverse city in the US?

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by eschaton

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?

SI Italians are mostly descended from post-WW2 immigration from Sicily/Calabria. They aren't really the same as Italian Americans in, say, South Jersey (via South Philly).

But many did leave. Central Jersey, NE PA, the Carolinas, and Florida were popular destinations. Those who could afford it, or who have stronger ties to the city, stayed. I suspect SI South Shore will still be overwhelmingly ethnic white, and culturally conservative a generation from now.