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just walked up to the MD's 1/4 mile from my shop here in Bridgeport (Bridgepuertorico...as the local hispanics call it). Not one EEEnglish speaking person employed there. You have to be careful when you order there....if you make a corrction, you usually wind up with both items in your Mcbaggie.

Strange, I always thought of Connecticut as apple pie, a picture post card, country scene. (It's one of the few places I haven't been to).

The Fed gov sure has done a number on this country.

You've obviously spent much time in Connecticut. The Puerto Ricans and blacks from the south poured into Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford and other industrial hellholes just as the factories were closing. Those areas have been among the poorest in the northeast since the 1950s.

Besides, the wealthy white folks in Fairfield County need folks to mow their lawns, look after the children, etc. That's just the way it is.

"Strange, I always thought of Connecticut as apple pie, a picture post card, country scene. (It's one of the few places I haven't been to).
The Fed gov sure has done a number on this country."

Well, all the largest cities are mostly populated with "minorities"....making them the majorities....LOL.

Gang violence is alive and well in Hartford CT... there's been some serious shootin goin' on there over the last few weeks....the really sad part is that this gang violence has spilled over into places which surround our larger cities. Manchester, Stratford West Haven and other smaller cities on the ourskirts of bigger cities have virtually been over-run.

I live in a small town with 5200 people in it. If I had to guess I'd say it's 98% white.
Now... I'm the minority by a large margin where I work....I'm one of the few Whiteyys ;)
left on the W. End of Bridgeport. English language is not spoken here very much. So much for a melting pot.