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To add to this: if this city of yours is as much like Chicago as is supposedly being claimed then it's proper to note that for Chicago the biggest historical demographics have been the Polish, and the Germans. The Germans too maintained a strong presence in Chicago up through the end and the after math of the First World War when claiming German heritage was unpopular; but Germans such as the Volga Germans were a powerful presence in Chicago despite. And Chicago through the beginning of the 20th century had the highest population of ethnic Poles outside of Warsaw, Poland. Other populations include the Scandinavians.
The Irish are mostly an East Coast thing, such as in New England and the Central Atlantic states. But in the mid-west the general demographic makeup has been German or Polish.
Yeah, well i've got ex-New York Italian. HAHA!