The History Of Expats To New York

Many new expatriate spouses feel overwhelmed and disoriented by the shock of a novel cultural environment

. Some respond by clinging to the familiar: they make a point of socializing only with other expats, and maintain minimal contact with the outside world. Others rise to the challenge of living fully in the unknown culture, embracing the uniqueness of the land and its citizens.Such is the case with German Expats New York.

When ones world feels topsy-turvy, its easy to slip into the welcoming arms of the expat community. Theres nothing wrong with building a support network of like-minded people; after all, no-one will ever understand an expats life like another expatriate. However, wrapping oneself in an expat cocoon wont do much to smooth the adjustment process: its hard to relax with an us versus them mindset about the local population. The results of a 1998 study suggest that social interactions with members of the host culture play a big part in increasing understanding and satisfaction with living in a foreign culture.

German-Americans made many contributions to the United States. German was once a flourishing language in the United States. Today, more than 45 million Americans declare their main ancestry as German, and 1.5 million claim to speak the language. Also many German Schools were set up in America for German students. Baltimore had long enjoyed the benefits of numerous and successful German-American businesses and despite their often-mocked industry and without their hard work, Baltimore would never have become what it is today.

In the 19th century, there were unmistakably German residential and business centers in many of the large cities. In New York there was Klein Deutschland, in Chicago it was the North Side, in Cincinnati Over the Rhine, and in New Orleans Little Saxony. Because of the strong and active participation of German-Americans in the Civil War on the side of the North, the political socialization of the entire German ethnic group accelerated, which in turn caused a rapidly increasing number of German-Americans, including even politicians who had been born in Germany, to get elected or chosen for appointment to public offices, ranging all the way from local school boards to state legislatures, even the U.S. Congress and the presidential cabinet.

by: Barry Boehm

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