[BartSimpson]

Bruce_E_T wrote:

I do not think that (integration) is a practical expectation. In some cases there are huge hurdles to overcome (Climate. language, customs, food etc) and I think the best you can hope for is that they are able to cope effectively with the transplant. Second generation is a brighter picture. Hopefully you get people who are fluent in two cultures.

Enough unassimilated immigrants become colonists and people like you will find yourselves asking the First Nations if they've got any room for you when you get kicked out of your cities.

[desertdude]

[BartSimpson]

desertdude wrote:

:roll:

Right. And how goes the integration of the European immigrants who settled in that place south of Lebanon, west of Jordan, and north of Egypt?

[Bruce_E_T]

BartSimpson wrote:

Enough unassimilated immigrants become colonists and people like you will find yourselves asking the First Nations if they've got any room for you when you get kicked out of your cities.

That is situational I think. If you live in a smaller city where the population is 80% domestic and 20% ethnic divided into 15 groups colonization is not an option as no one can put up the resources to do the job.

In a larger city with a minority of some established group it becomes somewhat more feasible. 5 -10% of a large city could be considered a potential "colonial force"

One instance I know of in Eastern Canada that I could consider "colonization" would be Markham north of Toronto. There has been a large Chinese community in Toronto for many years. Apparently they have bought up land, businesses and residences in and around Markham and turned it into a Little China. Have also heard the same of East Indians in Brampton and Muslims in Mississauga though I have never actually been to any of these places.

Thing is that a larger city will generate this sort of possibility whereas a smaller city simply cannot.