This guy escaped the brutal camps of the Khmer Rouge only to be shot in the street of Philly.
Granted, West and North Philly is no joke, but its heartbreaking to see this type of thing happening.
On the flip side, Philadelphia has a great Cambodia community in South Philadelphia with some great restaurants.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/crime ... 80620.html
Escaping Cambodia does not mean escaping violence
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I know a family in Phnom Penh who are absolutely minted- villa in Sen Sok, Range Rovers on the drive etc etc, Australian uni for the daughters, but half of them have moved to South Philly (by all accounts a proper shithole) and work in the doughnut game. It's worth it, apparently for the green card and US citizenship for the kids.
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Yep, not the most hospitable place in the US. The houses are old and tiny and it can be dangerous. On the flip side, there's insanely good Vietnamese and Italian food and of course the home of the Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers. The Khmer's seem to hold their own in South Philly since I can remember, but there's much nicer place to live in the States, that's for sure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw6kjEuSYkg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw6kjEuSYkg
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its philly, all the old people used to tell me stories about them rumbling with whites and blacks when they first got there. couple years ago there was spree of robberies, a sushi restuarant dude knifed and killed the theif. at least in philly there is enough khmer population where the cambodians have each others backs when things go down, and things do go down that never hits the news. theres a lot of vigilante justice there. you hear bodies floating at the Schuylkill River all the time.
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Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
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It makes one wonder, why Philadelphia and why South Philly? What refugee thought that was the place to settle, lol
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Sorry Pu Li, grammar issuesPu Li wrote:Pardon?
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What kind of shit news is this? Violence is a daily occurrence over there. What? Escaping the murderous Pol Pot and can not still find peace in America? Boohooo! shits gone down in Long Beach daily! I blame it on the Irish!
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Exactly right? Even the Aborigines and Maoris would run a mile at Bigphath's presence at Bondi.
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