Clarkston is billed as the most ethnically diverse square mile in America being a small town where numerous refugees from around the globe have made their home over the past thirty years. Originally a sleepy southern railroad town, it now hosts numerous shops and restaurants of Nepali, Bosnian, Somali, and Burmese origin to name a few.
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Having arrived as a refugee, a good friend of mine went on to pursue the American dream by opening one of many ethnic stores in the city, in this case full of Burmese food and clothing.
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At play on the equipment of Milam Park
Clarkston’s Thriftown Market reinvented itself from a failing old supermarket to a perfect example of the blend of the community – an traditional American grocery store now also stocked with a variety of ethnic specialties
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Clarkston’s International Festival has become an annual tradition to showcase its diversity of cultures like some Nepali youth from Bhutan performing a traditional dance
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Visit Clarkston`s community gardens and you will find food plants you`ve never heard of growing in abundance.