Irish Potato Famine Immigrants Wealthier Than Expected

[intercst]

I don’t know why it would be unexpected. The really poor people didn’t have the money to travel.

The folks who are fleeing Ukraine during the war tend to be upper class.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/17/us/irish-potato-famine-immigrants-cec/index.html

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[thegreatdane]

I once knew someone who saw people in a war/poverty zone and said, “Why don’t they just move?”

Money.

[pauleckler]

WSJ had recent review of book on this subject.