re: #241 sagehen

not the Jews.

Our immigrant forebears mostly got here between 1890 and 1920.

And we didn’t go to South Carolina. We’re a very New York-y kind of people.

Ummm….
Generally correct overall, but not exactly…..

But yeah, the largest wave of Jewish immigration into the US was from the (former) Russian Empire post-1881 pogroms, and generally settled in urban areas (like NY). But of course, not all: like the family I heard about from a tour guide at Ellis Island once: they were supposed to have gone to live with some relatives who lived on Houston Street in Manhattan — but always wondered for years why they were sent to Texas….