Believe it or not, your average Chinese/Albanian/Dominican/Ecuadorian/Nigerian would much prefer a large house on a large lot in suburbia than a row house/flat in Queens or Brooklyn.
And living in NYC is the way they will acquire that American dream one day. NYC will also serve to assimilate their children
I knew a (rather attractive) lady from Albania who talked to me about how happy she was to move from Astoria to Staten Island recently. To me, anyone who would think Staten Island is “nice” is insane (breath in all that methane and hair spray!), but to her, it was nice to have a yard and some space.