Sticker Shock for New Arrivals

@GeorgeDillon I have seen your racist and anti Irish posts throughout this publication. You seem to have a real problem with Irish people. Why not simply keep your ignorant thoughts and comments to your self.

Kansas is way cheaper than New York. Of course, it's also bloody hot and humid, and a wee bit on the boring side...except when dodging tornadoes. And I don't know who that chick is in the photo accompanying this article, but she could stay with me free-of-charge!

Another thing I remember about the Irish immigrants of the late 1980s is how quickly they aped the nastiest prejudices. They were scarcely a week here when they were already using all the ugliest words about black people, Hispanics etc., as well as coming out with the same stupid racist cliches that we sometimes hear from Americans. It was disgusting. And I found they knew nothing about Irish history or culture. I was about the same age as these people--early 20s--but I had nothing in common with them. They were an unimpressive lot.

When I was living in Manhattan in the late 1980s I came across a lot of Irish immigrants, legal and illegal, from the great wave of emigration of those years. I remember being struck by how they preferred to cling to the Irish ghetto, up in the West Bronx or out in Queens. They seemed to have no curiosity or interest about the land west of the GW Bridge, about Ohio, the Carolinas, the Mid West, the Dakotas etc. They were content with their natrrow little workd, and often spent their entire days off in some dark bar getting drunk. Yet I bet when they went back to Ireland they put themselves forward as experts on America, but the fact is they knew nothing of 99% of America, and worse, cared less.

there is plenty of work in new york for these people! maybe not as much as before, but one thing is for sure, anyone who is willing to work will find work there!

Good advice. Americans cant get jobs, so what's the liklihood of a recent immigrant getting one? My advice would be to line up a job before you come here as well as all the other advice given.

I think Irish folks shouldn't try to live and work in New York, or anywhere else in the Northeast. Come to Texas! Austin and San Antonio are beautiful. Come to the Southern US - much much less sticker shock here.

How come all these people seem to have Green Cards? I thought O'Dowd was whining about Irish illegal immigrants?