Trends After Arrival
			* Dispersion of immigrants throughout the country. * Most immigrants settle in cities as it is easiest to avoid persecution and get at least some form of work. * NYC- 1910: 3/4 were immigrants or children of immigrants.
				* In large cities, many immigrants settled in mass tenement and apartment complexes that were affordable but often exhibited uncomfortable living conditions.
				“New York in those days had no skyscrapers. Horse tram cars ran across town. The buildings were generally small and unpretentious. Then, as now, the East Side was the home of the latest immigrants who settled in colonies making the Irish, the German, the English, and the Dutch, and the Ghetto districts. Father began making cigars at home and I helped him. Our house was just opposite a slaughter house. All day long we could see the animals being driven into the slaughter-pens and could hear the turmoil and the cries of the animals. The neighborhood was filled with the penetrating, sickening odor.” ~ Samuel Gompers
	* Immigrant families often served as the basic economic unit; they provided assistance to their members and pooled resources together. The location of immigrants’ relatives would also often affect their destination. * Boarding with relatives or native middle and working-class families was a common transitional stage for many young immigrants. * Mobility was high: the families who inhabited a certain neighborhood were unlikely to be there in 5 or 10 years. Though ethnic districts existed, most white immigrants lived in ethnically mixed neighborhoods.
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