ABSTRACT
Historically speaking, Cubans, Dominicans, and Puerto Ricans have followed this trend. As it was said in chapter two, Cubans-mainly those arriving after the first immigration wave of the early sixties-settled west of the Hudson River, while Dominicans and Puerto Ricans settled in the Washington Heights and El Barrio sections of Manhattan, respectively. Those were the target communities of this investigation. Some of the subjects lived outside of these communities. However, they have been able to maintain links to the communities, belong to more recent extensions of these communities in other
boroughs or parts of the city, and moreover, recognize the importance that the aforementioned communities have in maintaining ethnic values as well as in keeping alive the sense of group.
