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They Came Up the Mississippi Along with Jazz

Spanish girl: Why are there so many Mexicans in Minnesota? Isn’t that really far north?
Spanish boy: I don’t know…
Spanish girl: I mean, how’d they swim that far?

–23rd & Lex

  • Posted on September 3, 2006
  • Latinos, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, Murray Hill and Gramercy, U.S. Geography
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