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Hello, New York! – Part 04

“Once upon a time, hundreds of years ago,” Victorique began. “Groups strictly bound by their religious beliefs, like the Puritans, arrived from the Old World.”

“Mm-hmm.”

“They cultivated the untamed land, built towns, went through order, politics, conflicts like the Civil War, and laid the foundation of the mighty United States, the new land of pioneers, the land of freedom and hope.”

“Mm-hmm…”

“But what happened next? Following two global storms, a wave of impoverished blue-collar folks arrived from the Old World. They had no strict rules to abide by or order to uphold. They came one after another—Irish, Jewish, Russian, and Italian like Nico—and started building towns mimicking their own country’s culture all over New York. Indeed, Brooklyn where we live is a typical Jewish neighborhood.”

Kazuya nodded. “Yeah, that’s right. In Little Italy, it’s cheese and tomato sauce, and back in Brooklyn, it’s chicken and celery stew. The smell of food changes