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And here's your Shmoop du jour brought to you by Little Italy

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where the Leaning Tower of Pisa is not as impressive urban enclaves such as [Guy straightens out leaning tower of Pisa]

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Chinatown in San Francisco, Little Italy in New York City and Little Havana in

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Miami are a result of what? And here are your potential answers. Well we could definitely use a

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nice urban Enclave with some good food where we live [A man and a woman at a restaurant]

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Never should have moved to the cardboard Factory district well as far as our

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question goes we've got plenty of non-food options on our plate so let's [Plates labelled; immigration, chain migration, emigration]

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just find the right one so I can stop with A, immigration is part of the answer

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but it's a bit too general it's not as if every Russian who immigrates to a new [Plane flying out of Russia]

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place ends up in you know little Russia so because not all Russian immigrants

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are issued their own private mini Kremlin A is out what about E [Russians being handed model Kremlins and they leave the airport]

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Emigrations just the flip side of immigration leaving a country instead of

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entering one again though way too general so how about B nope when refugees flee to

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America sometimes they stick together in smaller communities but sometimes they [Refugees talking]

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deliberately try to become as integrated into American life as possible throwing [People wearing American flag suits]

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fourth of July parties to end all 4th of July parties so option B ain't the one

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what about D well racial immigration quotas don't really play any role in

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making urban enclaves in fact if anything they keep more people out which [Person walks through gates and they close]

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is not only rude but makes it harder to establish these sorts of communities [Person puts a full sign down]

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it's really tough to set up an urban Enclave in the security zone of an

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airport so D is out how about C chain migration occurs when people immigrate

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to cities where they already have families and friends the result is not [A man and a woman buzz someones doorbell]

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only a smoother transition for the new arrivals

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not to mention much less money spent on you know hotel stays but also [Man being handed the bill at a hotel]

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clusters of ethnic groups in certain cities and neighborhoods so C is our answer

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have fun if you ever have the opportunity to visit Little Italy just [Little Italy sign]

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be prepared to do a lot of ducking on the gondola ride [People go under a tiny bridge on a gondola]

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