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Northfield itself plays a crucial role in our study and in the lives of our storytellers. For some of them, this pleasant town has always been home. But for others, it has only recently become one. Being a small Midwest town that houses two liberal arts colleges, Northfield sets a very unique stage for its Asian residences. \u00a0Although it has kept a respectable distance from major cities, it is known for embracing diversity and new ideas. Change will no doubt continue to be a part of Northfield’s future, with an increasingly visible Asian American population, yet it will always be home to “Cows, Colleges, and Contentment” for many.<\/p>\n
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But I think people here are very accepting of diversity.”<\/p>\n Hsiang-Lin Shih<\/strong> – “I would say Northfield is very surprising to me in that we are lucky to meet with good neighbors, but [it is] also a good community.<\/span>“<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/3iVUu2DM2PM” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Northfield itself plays a crucial role in our study and in the lives of our storytellers. For some of them, this pleasant town has always been home. But for others, it has only recently become one. Being a small Midwest town that houses two liberal arts colleges, Northfield sets a very unique stage for its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":851,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Northfield itself plays a crucial role in our study and in the lives of our storytellers.<\/strong> For some of them, this pleasant town has always been home. But for others, it has only recently become one. Being a small Midwest town that houses two liberal arts colleges, Northfield sets a very unique stage for its Asian residences. \u00a0Although it has kept a respectable distance from major cities, it is known for embracing diversity and new ideas. Change will no doubt continue to be a part of Northfield's future, with an increasingly visible Asian American population, yet it will always be home to \"Cows, Colleges, and Contentment\" for many.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Phuong Nguyen\u00a0- \"I really love it in Northfield too. Northfield is really nice... really nice people.\"<\/p> [iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uvD26kh271Q?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen]<\/p> Phuong Nguyen Transcription<\/p> I really love it in Northfield too. Northfield is really nice, it have a really nice town. Really nice people. I go everywhere in the town. Really nice every people. I want something to help everything, everything somebody says \u201cOK, I am there for you. You don\u2019t know how bout something, I did for you something, I did for you something.\u201d I don\u2019t know did have another town. I don\u2019t know where did another... where have town. It really nice. I really love Northfield, really love the country. I don\u2019t know another town. I live in town here for 22 years. I really love it, Northfield. It\u2019s really nice in Northfield. Northfield really nice and live in Northfield really nice people in Northfield. But lot of Vietnamese in Northfield. Really nice for me too. Really nice to have your family too. Everything that I have need something. Your family in Vietnam, your family didn\u2019t have every your family, your family didn\u2019t have for me something. Didn\u2019t have a big family for my mom. But for my mom 100%, your family didn\u2019t have 90%. Yeah, everybody here for me. I need something, everybody here for me. I want something, somebody says \u201cOK, I do it, I\u2019m here for you, everything.\u201d I love your family in Vietnam too, my mom, and I love my mom too. I love living here in Northfield. And St. Olaf and ...\u00a0everything, somebody help, everything. I want something, everybody help for me.<\/p> [iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6HyKCTJlIA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen]<\/p> Hongyuan Lang and Dick Bodman<\/b>\u00a0- \"Maybe if we have lived on the West Coast and been a part of an Asian community, we would have felt more of that conflict with the larger community. But here, perhaps because the Asians are not so numerous, it\u2019s easier to get along with other people.\"<\/p> Hongyuan:<\/strong> This little town is... rather cordial, perhaps because there aren\u2019t many people. Anyway, when you come across someone on the street, even though you don\u2019t really know them, you will say hi. It won\u2019t be like that in larger places, right!? \u00a0People here, they... each other ... like if you are on the road, \u00a0and you stop for a moment, people will also stop and ask whether you need help, or something like that, it\u2019s quite good... this place.<\/p> Dick:<\/strong> At least people have courtesy on the surface.<\/p> Hongyuan:<\/strong> At... hum... \u00a0here... the feeling after I came here is that people don\u2019t discriminate against others, like black people, or someone like that. Even in China, people might think black people aren\u2019t all that, or white people are superior; people might think like this. But after coming here, I feel people indeed care about equality, and put more emphasis on non discrimination.<\/p> Dick:<\/strong> Or maybe if we have lived on the West Coast and been a part of an Asian community, we would have felt more of that conflict with the larger community. But here, perhaps because the Asians are not so numerous, it\u2019s easier to get along with other people.<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> Ameeta Sony<\/strong> - \"I\u2019ve had mostly good experiences here. I just accept Northfield as it is. I know it\u2019s growing and I know that there\u2019ll be other challenges and all. But I think people here are very accepting of diversity.\"<\/p> [iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6phkl2UhBPs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen]<\/p> Ameeta Sony Transcription<\/p> The appealing part about Northfield community is that we, as I said, we have the two colleges, so there\u2019s lots of activities that one could attend which I try to make the most of.\u00a0Also, downtown there\u2019s lots of, you know, events there. I take part in those events, you know, because that\u2019s, to me, it\u2019s just interesting I\u2019m just curious to learn about, you know, things here too. So I do, do that. And I think people here are kind of friendly too. If I go to, like, California I can feel the difference right away and I want to come back. You know, so, people are friendlier and... helpful and I\u2019ve had mostly good experiences here. I just accept Northfield as it is. I know it\u2019s growing and I know that there will be other challenges and all, but I think people here are very accepting of diversity. I don\u2019t know about other towns, but I think here because there\u2019s so many international students who, and they host so many events too. It\u2019s kinda nice. And in fact, I like Northfield so much that I actually asked my nephew to apply to St. Olaf. So he will be a student at St. Olaf next year.<\/p> [iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DDacr86Niu4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen]<\/p> Caroline Ticarro-Parker -<\/strong>\u00a0\"I\u00a0think one of the things about Northfield... is that everything\u2019s predictable here... but there\u2019s also... the diversity that you could have by going to either campuses, Carleton or St. Olaf that no one takes advantage of.<\/span>\u00a0\"<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> I don\u2019t think there would be anything that I would change. I think people come to Northfield for what it is. Certainly, people like my husband love Northfield for the small town that it is. If I wanted something changed and I wasn\u2019t married and didn\u2019t have kids I wouldn\u2019t live here, because it just doesn\u2019t have the business that I would enjoy. But that\u2019s just me. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything that you could change about Northfield that if you, wanted it you could have it. You could have your resources, you could have your different events, cultural events. You could have all that if you wanted it. I think one of the things about Northfield that\u2019s safe is that everything\u2019s predictable here. Like, you know, Target\u2019s in almost Dundas because it doesn\u2019t want to be Northfield. You know, that there\u2019s ten pizza shops that all have the exact same menu. There\u2019s safety in a small town, but there\u2019s also, you know, there\u2019s also the diversity that you could have by going to either campuses, Carleton or St. Olaf that no one takes advantage of.<\/p><\/div><\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1863,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions\/1863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\t\t\t\t\tAmeeta Sony Transcription<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t
The appealing part about Northfield community is that we, as I said, we have the two colleges, so there\u2019s lots of activities that one could attend which I try to make the most of.\u00a0Also, downtown there\u2019s lots of, you know, events there. I take part in those events, you know, because that\u2019s, to me, it\u2019s just interesting I\u2019m just curious to learn about, you know, things here too. So I do, do that. And I think people here are kind of friendly too. If I go to, like, California I can feel the difference right away and I want to come back. You know, so, people are friendlier and… helpful and I\u2019ve had mostly good experiences here. I just accept Northfield as it is. I know it\u2019s growing and I know that there will be other challenges and all, but I think people here are very accepting of diversity. I don\u2019t know about other towns, but I think here because there\u2019s so many international students who, and they host so many events too. It\u2019s kinda nice. And in fact, I like Northfield so much that I actually asked my nephew to apply to St. Olaf. So he will be a student at St. Olaf next year.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/2L_SkuM5so8″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|15px||15px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/O6f5LN6tMus” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]Caroline Ticarro-Parker –<\/strong>\u00a0“I\u00a0think one of the things about Northfield… is that everything\u2019s predictable here… but there\u2019s also… the diversity that you could have by going to either campuses, Carleton or St. Olaf that no one takes advantage of.”<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\tCaroline Ticarro-Parker Transcription<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t
I don\u2019t think there would be anything that I would change. I think people come to Northfield for what it is. Certainly, people like my husband love Northfield for the small town that it is. If I wanted something changed and I wasn\u2019t married and didn\u2019t have kids I wouldn\u2019t live here, because it just doesn\u2019t have the business that I would enjoy. But that\u2019s just me. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything that you could change about Northfield that if you, wanted it you could have it. You could have your resources, you could have your different events, cultural events. You could have all that if you wanted it. I think one of the things about Northfield that\u2019s safe is that everything\u2019s predictable here. Like, you know, Target\u2019s in almost Dundas because it doesn\u2019t want to be Northfield. You know, that there\u2019s ten pizza shops that all have the exact same menu. There\u2019s safety in a small town, but there\u2019s also, you know, there\u2019s also the diversity that you could have by going to either campuses, Carleton or St. Olaf that no one takes advantage of.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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Northfield is a very interesting place. We have neighbors who are mostly retired people, and we were so lucky that we moved…\u00a0 So we originally live in another community and now moved to the current one. Though both, in those two communities, we met with very good neighbors. I think good neighbors make everything easier. So they’re elder people, caring people, showing us around, like where to go for like car repair; where to go for a good festival event. Even when we think about where to send our children for schools. they said, they were so excited to say, \u201cOur grandchildren went to certain schools\u201d. And they\u2019re… very happy there, and we are very proud to be a parent or grandparent of certain like a school. So I would say Northfield is very surprising to me in that we are lucky to meet with good neighbors, but also a good community<\/span>.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\nHongyuan Lang and Dick Bodman Transcription<\/div>Caroline Ticarro-Parker Transcription<\/div>