One of the more interesting things that popped up shortly after the Czech Republic was granted "membership" was a parliamentary group wanted to immediately round up all the Gypsies and send them to the Western member states.
That got stopped in a hurry.
So far America is the only place that's gotten a handle on "the gypsy problem" ~ turned 'em loose taking settlers West, and then hired them into aluminum forming and assembly plants during WWII (they had a specialty in light metal work which was of immense value in building airplanes).
It is actually difficult to find traditional gypsies in this country because they live and do the same things other people do. A classless society has its advantages.
For the sake of "research" i've introduced myself and discussed modern gypsy life in America with people who would tell me they were, in fact, Roma, and knew their family or tribe ~ which they would name.
We already have ‘the travelers’ our own South Carolinian gypsies. Will America now have dueling gypsies? Bwahahahaha
It is actually difficult to find traditional gypsies in this country because they live and do the same things other people do.
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I have two stories of my encounters with gypsies.
The first was when I owned a no-tell motel and rented a single room with a kitchenette and two double beds (route 66 days) back in 1969 for one night. Next thing I knew, cars and trucks pulling trailers were pulling in to the parking lot, children running around everywhere, an old lady with her bare breasts and her blouse hanging open sat in a lawn chair yelling orders......it was chaos. The little boys were pissing on the trees, the group grew larger and louder. It was a nightmare and they only paid $8.00 for one night back then. Long story short, they were evicted under threat of calling police.
Fast forward to early 2000’s and I work in the operating room. My patient is a very young boy needing a very minor surgery. I go to the lobby to let the family know he is fine and it’s packed with family! The entire parking lot is packed with family! Family everywhere! They were loud, disruptive to other families, tossing cigarette butts everywhere, cursing, demanding instead of listening.....it was chaos. Turns out the little boy was the next gypsy king so the whole clan showed up.
From my personal experiences with gypsies, I find them too clannish and over-bearing but that’s just my opinion.
I’ve had some dealings with gypsies. While they don’t live in wagons anymore and most of them do speak english, they still maintain to a large degree a separate culture, with their own language. They do still move around with no permanent home. Many do still run “scams” of various sorts. They subsist to a large extent on public assistance.