Inamullah Niazai speaks during an interview Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in St. Louis. Niazai is one of about 600 people who have fled Afganistan and made it to St. Louis in the nearly nine months since the Afghan capital of Kabul was ceded to the Taliban, with another 750 expected by later this year. – Inamullah Niazai sits on the front porch step of his red-brick St.
Civic leaders are hopeful that over the next few years, thousands more will decide to relocate to the Midwestern city, helping to offset seven decades of population loss and rejuvenate urban neighborhoods — just as the arrival of Bosnian refugees did three decades ago. They revitalized an area of the city's south side that is now often referred to as Little Bosnia. The area features Bosnian-owned markets, coffee shops, auto repair shops and other businesses. They have their own online newspaper, their own chamber of commerce.
The St. Louis effort also provided money to establish an online Afghan newspaper, a chamber of commerce and a community center. “The reality of the circumstance we face is that if we look at St. Louis city and the rate the population is declining, we have to find a way to bring people into the community to turn that around,” Obenson said.Detroit also reached its population apex in 1950, when 1.85 million people lived there. Today, the population has dropped by two-thirds, to about 640,000., with hopes of raising more than $1 million to provide services such as housing, education, transportation and language training.
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