1. The Irish were more towards Woodside and the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City. In the 1950s-60s, Astoria was more Italian/Czech/German/Slovak, with a growing population of Greeks. By "ethnic" I meant the Greeks/Montegrans/Arabs/Latinos/Italians who were dominant there in my youth/young adulthood. Chad and Heather are turning into another bland, milky, limp-wristed Williamsburg. Why can't they go to the Bronx instead?
2. PLEASE don't put the "Irish and Italians" together like so many people do. Historically, they did NOT live in the same neighborhoods in the first generation and the Irish did nothing but discriminate against Italians, Poles, and Jews. Besides, what have the Irish ever given us besides bitter beer, bad food, and pederast priests?