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From: das@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Motels in Arizona and New Mexico
Message-ID: <3913@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 00:25:57 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 14 00:25:57 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 17-Feb-85 04:44:41 EST
Reply-To: das@ucla-cs.UUCP (David Smallberg)
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While on a trip around Arizona and New Mexico a few years ago, I observed that
of the 8 motels I stayed in, 3 were run by Indians, and I don't mean Navajos --
I'd usually get to them around 6 or 7 pm, and the aromas wafting to the front
desk from the kitchen in the managers' family quarters were delightful.  I
chatted with one fellow who said he used to live in Ventura (about an hour west
of Los Angeles) and moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico, to get away from the city!
While leaving, I noticed that two or three of the dozen or so motels at the
west end of Las Cruces had signs saying "American-owned", which seemed to
indicate some racial problems among the local motel owners.

So my small sample shows that 38% of southwestern motels are (Asian)Indian-run,
in areas with not enough of an Indian population to support even one restau-
rant (e.g. Gallup, New Mexico).  Was it just a fluke, or have others observed
this?

-- David Smallberg, das@ucla-cs.ARPA, {ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!das