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But New York was never a single structure built by common folk possessing a common identity.
It was a very different place from the Puritan shitholes founded elsewhere. And still, obviously, became very successful.
Sure, but even New York had its problems with mass migration. Remember the Mafia?
Today, many of the problems have been cleaned up, but I'm pretty sure that all of those people in the past who were affected by the New York mob and its corruption, while it still existed, weren't so fond of unvetted Italian immigration for example.
Today, with all the data we possess, I find it ludicrous to think that we couldn't prevent immigrant mobs from forming, by filtering out the no-good pieces of shit, from the potentially productive citizens.
Personally I'd rather not have some mob hustling and trafficking drugs, and squeezing money from local businesses, around here. If that's the price I have to pay for diversity, then I'd rather not pay it.