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Originally Posted by tech12
There's a good amount of people of Italian ancestry in SF and the bay area, but like most other places, they're mostly assimilated and are all diffused throughout the region now. North Beach wasn't the only Italian enclave in SF. The mission was one as well, as were other areas to a lesser extent, such as noe valley, the sunset, and the excelsior. For example, the excelsior is only 3% Italian these days, but there's still holdovers, such as an Italian social club.
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I think there was about 60,000 Italian Americans in SF ca. 1940.
But when they went to the suburbs they seem to have completely dispersed. They didn't go in a particular direction or concentrate anywhere in particular.
I believe many - if not most - came from northern Italy - not sure if that played any role.
I said earlier that I didn't think there was any "white ethnic" enclaves in SF today (except maybe a Russian one - is that historic or present?).
In fact I can't even think of any "Jewish suburbs" in the Bay Area - which is surprising given its large Jewish population (L.A. certainly has them and even Seattle's Mercer Island is perceived to be quite Jewish).