Surprising salve for New York's beleaguered cities - influx of refugees
The cities' struggles have made them popular locations for newcomers
Buffalo, New York
NEWCOMERS have filled up hundreds of empty homes and apartments, and poured money and energy into destitute neighbourhoods. Former churches have been reborn as mosques and refugee health centres, or found new congregants to fill pews and collection plates. Students have restocked classrooms at public schools where enrolment had been in a decades-long downward spiral. Storefront "For Rent" signs have given way to "Grand Openings".
While President Donald Trump has cast incoming refugees in a sinister light, the influx into the beleaguered communities along New York's old Erie Canal has been a surprising salve for decades of dwindling population and opportunity.
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