Hispanics in U.S. feel pull of the suburbs - Chicago

“For years, the center of Chicago’s large and fast-growing Hispanic community was 26th Street, a mile-and-a-half strip of ethnic grocers, restaurants, bookstores and boutiques in a neighborhood called Little Village.

But that is changing. In a trend being repeated across the United States, Latino immigrants are eschewing their historic urban enclaves and moving out to the suburbs — in some cases as soon as they enter the country. In the process, they’re both living out the American dream — and discovering its limits.”

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