I think a movie about Poles should be filmed in Bridgeport Connecticut. Bridgeport used to be like 50% Polish, and there were plenty of ski's and ska's and da's to go around. Why Michigan? How many Polish people are there outside of Chicago and the New York area? about 10.
shareIt was Hamtramck, not Detroit, which was and still is a HUGE Polish community.
shareThere are pretty big polish communities across the states. In st. louis there is a huge eastern europe, especially polish, community. Michigan, Ohio, and around the bigger cities in Pennslyvania all have pretty big polish communities also.
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I always wondered how it got such an unusual name...
"Hamtramck, was named after a French Revolutionary War hero, Colonel Jean Francois Hamtramck (1756-1803).
Early History
Hamtramck's old world hospitality has its roots in the early 1900's when it was a peaceful German-American farming community with a population of 500. The establishment of the Dodge Brothers automobile plant in 1914 attracted Polish laborers in large numbers and the village quickly flourished. Between 1910 and 1920 Hamtramck continued to flourish, growing from 3,589 to 46,615: the greatest community growth for that period in the United States. The idea of organizing Hamtramck as a village first arose in 1901. It was finally incorporated as a city in 1922, when it decided to in to protect itself from becoming annexed by Detroit, which completely surrounds Hamtramck."
(http://hamtramck.us/1-History.htm)
A run-down ghetto?
Have you ever ventured off into the neighborhoods?
It's not what it use to be, but it's ridiculous to call Hamtramck a run-down ghetto.
Milwaukee also has a huge polish population. It is third to New York and Chicago. I happen to be a Polish American from Milwaukee. Trust me there are lots of Poles in other states.
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The movie was filmed in Hamtramck, which is a very Polish area of Detroit. I thought it was a realistic choice and, being from Michigan, I'm excited that filmmaking is finally making it's way over there.
shareThere are also quite alot of Poles in north eastern New Jersey and in Pennsylvania. Probably one of the most famous Polish cultural sites in the U.S. is the Our Lady of Czestochowa shrine in Doylestown, PA, that opened around 1966.
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I'm born and raised in Michigan not too far from Detroit. Still live here. I had a flashback when you mentioned Kowalski meats. Best meat hands down. I bet you miss Vernors and Faygo too. To the OP, yes Hamtramck as well as Jackson, and other parts of the state have huge Polish enclaves still.
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