Little vs Town

Little vs Town; The ethnic enclave war!
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Vondongo	Nov 6 2008, 01:25 AM Post #1
Moo. Posts: 5,434 Group: Member Member #130 Joined: October 15, 2008	So here in my home city (please no lame AOE references) we have these old ethnic enclaves that continue to exist. Little Italy. Greektown. Jewtown. Little Ukraine. That sort of stuff. But what makes an ethnic enclave a "Town" or a "Little?" Discuss this pointless subject starting............wait for it......now.



gooback	Nov 6 2008, 01:30 AM Post #2
Lieutenant Posts: 260 Group: Member Member #133 Joined: October 29, 2008	Redemption Nov 6 2008, 01:25 AM So here in my home city (please no lame AOE references) we have these old ethnic enclaves that continue to exist. Little Italy. Greektown. Jewtown. Little Ukraine. That sort of stuff. But what makes an ethnic enclave a "Town" or a "Little?" Discuss this pointless subject starting............wait for it......now. A "little" is a dwelling of some people of the same ethnicity all in the same area, kind of like concentration camp, but in a non racist way. A town is not smack dab in the middle of a city, and that is the difference, IMO



Vondongo	Nov 6 2008, 01:58 AM Post #3
Moo. Posts: 5,434 Group: Member Member #130 Joined: October 15, 2008	gooback Nov 5 2008, 09:30 PM Redemption Nov 6 2008, 01:25 AM So here in my home city (please no lame AOE references) we have these old ethnic enclaves that continue to exist. Little Italy. Greektown. Jewtown. Little Ukraine. That sort of stuff. But what makes an ethnic enclave a "Town" or a "Little?" Discuss this pointless subject starting............wait for it......now. A "little" is a dwelling of some people of the same ethnicity all in the same area, kind of like concentration camp, but in a non racist way. A town is not smack dab in the middle of a city, and that is the difference, IMO But Jewtown and Greektown are smack in the middle of the city.



gooback	Nov 6 2008, 02:18 AM Post #4
Lieutenant Posts: 260 Group: Member Member #133 Joined: October 29, 2008	Redemption Nov 6 2008, 01:58 AM gooback Nov 5 2008, 09:30 PM Redemption Nov 6 2008, 01:25 AM So here in my home city (please no lame AOE references) we have these old ethnic enclaves that continue to exist. Little Italy. Greektown. Jewtown. Little Ukraine. That sort of stuff. But what makes an ethnic enclave a "Town" or a "Little?" Discuss this pointless subject starting............wait for it......now. A "little" is a dwelling of some people of the same ethnicity all in the same area, kind of like concentration camp, but in a non racist way. A town is not smack dab in the middle of a city, and that is the difference, IMO But Jewtown and Greektown are smack in the middle of the city. well little jew just sounds gay, and for greektown, it just depends who names it first I guess, no real logic there



Vondongo	Nov 6 2008, 02:21 AM Post #5
Moo. Posts: 5,434 Group: Member Member #130 Joined: October 15, 2008	Actually "Little Jew" sounds more like an ethnic slur to me. :P



MaxJ	Nov 6 2008, 04:08 PM Post #6
Wij van A414A adviseren A414A Posts: 9,339 Group: Moderator Member #58 Joined: April 21, 2008	Ohh I love these "towns" A pity that we only have small Chinatowns(1 small street in my city ghehe) here in The Netherlands(/Europe) And town is just a name just like you can say why is an apple called an apple.
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The_Fry_Cook_of_Doom	Nov 6 2008, 04:40 PM Post #7
:OOOOOOOOOOOOMAAANN Posts: 18,587 Group: A414A Member Member #35 Joined: January 11, 2008	Not sure, but I usually hear, "Little," more often when it's a small village either containing that ethnicity group, or if it's near a larger town of the same name... uhh, for example. Little Ukraine would be a small village in the country were Ukrainian people run a small community. Little Weirwold would be the name of a village because the actual town of Weirwold is nearby.
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Vondongo	Nov 7 2008, 02:19 AM Post #8
Moo. Posts: 5,434 Group: Member Member #130 Joined: October 15, 2008	MaxJ Nov 6 2008, 12:08 PM Ohh I love these "towns" A pity that we only have small Chinatowns(1 small street in my city ghehe) here in The Netherlands(/Europe) And town is just a name just like you can say why is an apple called an apple. Ethnic enclaves are indeed awesome. There's this really good bakery in Little Italy I go to and get cannoli every now and then. Mmmm...cannoli.



gooback	Nov 7 2008, 02:26 AM Post #9
Lieutenant Posts: 260 Group: Member Member #133 Joined: October 29, 2008	there like a million little chinas around where I live, so we have a lot of chinese food. mmmmm.....



MaxJ	Nov 7 2008, 04:40 PM Post #10
Wij van A414A adviseren A414A Posts: 9,339 Group: Moderator Member #58 Joined: April 21, 2008	Redemption Nov 7 2008, 03:19 AM MaxJ Nov 6 2008, 12:08 PM Ohh I love these "towns" A pity that we only have small Chinatowns(1 small street in my city ghehe) here in The Netherlands(/Europe) And town is just a name just like you can say why is an apple called an apple. Ethnic enclaves are indeed awesome. There's this really good bakery in Little Italy I go to and get cannoli every now and then. Mmmm...cannoli. Hehe we were discussing the American Dream today at English class and the teacher asked about immigrants and I said italians and she was happy(but I knew the answeer without this topic too)
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Jack the IV	Nov 7 2008, 10:58 PM Post #11
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Vondongo	Nov 8 2008, 12:24 AM Post #12
Moo. Posts: 5,434 Group: Member Member #130 Joined: October 15, 2008	MaxJ Nov 7 2008, 12:40 PM Redemption Nov 7 2008, 03:19 AM MaxJ Nov 6 2008, 12:08 PM Ohh I love these "towns" A pity that we only have small Chinatowns(1 small street in my city ghehe) here in The Netherlands(/Europe) And town is just a name just like you can say why is an apple called an apple. Ethnic enclaves are indeed awesome. There's this really good bakery in Little Italy I go to and get cannoli every now and then. Mmmm...cannoli. Hehe we were discussing the American Dream today at English class and the teacher asked about immigrants and I said italians and she was happy(but I knew the answeer without this topic too) Italia represent.



The_Fry_Cook_of_Doom	Nov 8 2008, 10:45 AM Post #13
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MaxJ	Nov 8 2008, 02:15 PM Post #14
Wij van A414A adviseren A414A Posts: 9,339 Group: Moderator Member #58 Joined: April 21, 2008	Redemption Nov 8 2008, 01:24 AM MaxJ Nov 7 2008, 12:40 PM Redemption Nov 7 2008, 03:19 AM MaxJ Nov 6 2008, 12:08 PM Ohh I love these "towns" A pity that we only have small Chinatowns(1 small street in my city ghehe) here in The Netherlands(/Europe) And town is just a name just like you can say why is an apple called an apple. Ethnic enclaves are indeed awesome. There's this really good bakery in Little Italy I go to and get cannoli every now and then. Mmmm...cannoli. Hehe we were discussing the American Dream today at English class and the teacher asked about immigrants and I said italians and she was happy(but I knew the answeer without this topic too) Italia represent. Al Capone
	Jouw wereld, jouw A414A forum.


Vondongo	Nov 8 2008, 03:50 PM Post #15
Moo. Posts: 5,434 Group: Member Member #130 Joined: October 15, 2008	MaxJ Nov 8 2008, 10:15 AM Redemption Nov 8 2008, 01:24 AM MaxJ Nov 7 2008, 12:40 PM Redemption Nov 7 2008, 03:19 AM MaxJ Nov 6 2008, 12:08 PM Ohh I love these "towns" A pity that we only have small Chinatowns(1 small street in my city ghehe) here in The Netherlands(/Europe) And town is just a name just like you can say why is an apple called an apple. Ethnic enclaves are indeed awesome. There's this really good bakery in Little Italy I go to and get cannoli every now and then. Mmmm...cannoli. Hehe we were discussing the American Dream today at English class and the teacher asked about immigrants and I said italians and she was happy(but I knew the answeer without this topic too) Italia represent. Al Capone Roman Empire.



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