Chilean Americans

Chilean Americans live mainly in the New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Washington D.C. metropolitan areas.

After the 1960s, Chileans began to immigrate more for economic or academic rather than political reasons, and that continues into the modern day.

In the cities most tended to congregate and live in specific areas in the poorer sections of town.

[3][4] After Allende was overthrown and a military regime was established in 1973, a large exodus of Chileans took place.

Many of San Francisco's streets carry names of former residents of Chile: Atherton, Ellis, Lick, Larkin, and others.

Manuel Briseño, an early journalist in the mines was one of the founders of the San Diego Union.

The Leiva family owned at one time, much of the land in Marin County, including Fort Ross.

[5] For the most part, Chileans left as either political asylees and refugees first during the presidency of the Marxist Salvador Allende or for economic reasons; the involvement of the United States in Salvador Allende's overthrow in 1973 and supporting the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, led to more political exiles fleeing from Chile to the U.S., as well as other countries.

Some had been politically active students or union leaders in Chile who did not enter the United States with easily transferable skills.

[7] Many often prefer living in suburban areas near major cities in the U.S., and have a strong sense of family.

Surprisingly, Chile is one of the only Latin countries where tea is a more popular drink than coffee, differing from American consumption trends as well.