Full Transcript: Abdul Motlib on Immigration Patterns in Hamtramck
Abdul: You know they are benefitted for this one. This city build and grow by Polish people, especially. When they’re getting good price, they’re selling their house. Now they go to better place like Bloomfield Hills, Rochester Hills, richer cities. And we are the low income people. We choose to come here because of, I told you before, everything is convenient here. Anybody need to go to doctor, every place there is a doctor office. Right? They don’t need to drive. Anybody wants to come to prayer, he don’t need to drive. He can walk. Because our city area is two mile, two mile square city. So two mile walking is not that much time. Anyone can go from this side to that side, this side to this side. It’s convenient. So now Polish people they are moving, they go better place. Even our Bangladeshi people they’re moving better place. Now it’s Yemeni community people more coming in Hamtramck. It’s Dearborn, nearest our city is Dearborn. Dearborn also is an expensive city. Most Yemeni people they live in Dearborn. Now Hamtramck is low cost, low everything, convenient, that’s why they are moving from Dearborn to Hamtramck. I hope maybe another ten years majority will be Yemeni community.
Interviewer: Do you think that a lot of other people’s children they are going to choose to move out to the suburbs and to Dearborn?
Abdul: It will be time will tell. Our kids now they are not like us. They are good income, they are good education. Of course they will choose better. Like my son make a business in Warren. Eleven mile and Dequindre business, pharmacy. He used to be living in Hamtramck now he lives in Warren. So, when we are living where only God knows.
Interviewer: Do you think that a lot of other people’s children they are going to choose to move out to the suburbs and to Dearborn?
Abdul: It will be time will tell. Our kids now they are not like us. They are good income, they are good education. Of course they will choose better. Like my son make a business in Warren. Eleven mile and Dequindre business, pharmacy. He used to be living in Hamtramck now he lives in Warren. So, when we are living where only God knows.