(06-15-2016 11:17 PM)Fast Eddie Wrote: (06-15-2016 11:07 PM)WalterBlack Wrote: Over two million Indian-born immigrants have migrated to the U.S. since 2013, accounting for 4.7 of the 41.3 million foreign-born population, according to the Migration Policy Institute. The Indian immigrant population increased ten-fold from 1980 to 2013, from 206,000 to 2.04 million, approximately doubling every decade.
That is a fucking outrage. If these numbers are correct, then we have let in more Indians in just the last 3 years than in the previous 33 years combined. And this in the worst job market in generations.
Fuck this gay earth. Burn it all.
You should see the population of Indian immigrants, and 2 generation Indians in the Vancouver, BC area. Surrey for example has a very prominent Sikh background population. The NDP, The Tories, and the Liberal parties all had Indian descended candidates in the last election in the major ridings. There's also a big population further east in the Valley.
In the Fraser Valley a fair portion of the farmland has been bought up in the last 20 years or so by Indian people with much of it being made into blue berry farms complete with bus loads of old Indian people picking the berries. Its Canada of course and not the USA but I've seen a noticeable change since the mid 1990s.
When the latest census results come in there will be some information on what Surrey has grown into. Last time I was in the Valley on school business I saw a pack of IRTs. I also saw some Chinese fellows that had a habit of congregating near the bus stop while smoking. There have been times I have been on the bus and been one of maybe 2 or 3 white guys on a busload of people. I am not trying to race bait or whatnot I am just saying what I have seen.
Surrey imho is like IRTs in masse. Faux Gangsta Surrey Jacks too. Some parts at least. There's probably more potential IRTs arriving every year. I see a lot of Sikh men and women in traditional dress just walking around and hanging out at the bus loop. That's not counting all the other minorities. But there are neighbourhoods, enclaves really in the area. I used to live in the Western part of Surrey and traveled around Newton often. I've seen some things and some stuff.
Surrey is basically one of the major destinations for new comers to the Metro Van area. Its changing rapidly. There's quite a lot of violence at times and its been said: "Better safe than Surrey".
the 2011 census found that English was spoken as mother tongue by 51.72% of the population. The next most common language was Punjabi, spoken by 20.17% of the population, followed by Tagalog at 2.8%.[15]
Its likely changed in the last 5 years^
The last time I lived in Surrey there was a full on covered up Muslim woman just down the road from my house with her family. Across the road from them was a Sikh family.
I think if the economy goes down the tubes then Surrey will be one of the battlegrounds between different groups.