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[pure_shores]

A warm hello to you all J.

I’m currently conducting research into the Armenian diaspora in the USA, in key cities such as Los Angeles, Glendale, New York, Washington DC, Seattle and Boston. I would appreciate some personal insight from people who live there or are familiar with key places to visit that are of Armenian significance?

[Hartun]

Hi pure shores,

 

I don't know if you are still in need of this information as you posted almost 2 months ago. I would say as a start that first of all I wouldn't consider Seattle a key city of the Armenian Diaspora in the US. Let me give some information.

 

presently, the largest Armenian communities in the US are:

 

1. Los Angeles

2. Boston

3. New York

4. Detroit

5. Fresno

 

originally (in the 20s) Fresno was the largest and Los Angeles was a much smaller community, not in the top 5. but Fresno declined during the Great Depression, and the second and third waves of immigration largely settled in LA so by the mid 90s LA was the largest community (with Glendale being the most highly Armenian populated area)

 

other major communities are Worcester MA, Providence, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Cleveland, Chicago, Racine WI, and San Francisco. there may be some others in California that i'm forgetting about.

 

by the way, the second most highly Armenian populated place in the US is Watertown, MA which is a suburb of Boston. It's the only remaining equivalent to a "Little Armenia" outside of California and has been a large Armenian community since at least the 20s. but its not even comparable to Glendale anymore

 

i could talk a lot about the Armenian communities of the East Coast/Midwest but i'm wondering what kind of information you are looking for? what type of key places are you interested in?