Chicago - the Bulgarian mass exodus
The financial crisis is having its impact on the Little Bulgaria in the big US
The setting: Shiller Park, Chicago. A suburb in Chicago otherwise known as Little Bulgaria. In Shiller Park, everything down the main street is almost identical to the main street on your average Doupnitsa or Pazardjik. There are cafes and restaurants littered with umbrellas sporting Astika Beer on them, with stores offering Bulgarian merchandise, older Mercs and Beemers parked everywhere in sight and waiters coming up to you, asking you in a real provincial softer jibe "Ko sha iskatii?" (What would you like?).