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Hamtramck

Also known as: Hamtramck, MI, Hamtramck, Michigan

A 2.1-square-mile independent city completely surrounded by Detroit, Michigan. Long the principal Polish-American immigrant city in the U.S.; since the 1990s home to one of the most ethnically diverse populations of any small city in America (Bangladeshi, Yemeni, Polish, African-American, and at least 30 other documented ethnic groups). In 2021 became the first U.S. city to elect a fully Muslim city council. The directory's Hamtramck anchor is the Detroit Zen Center on Casmere Street (founded 1990, Korean Zen Sudeoksa lineage), which also operates Living Zen Organics.

What this is

Hamtramck is a 2.1-square-mile independent city completely encircled by [[san-francisco|the city]] of [[detroit|Detroit]]. It became the principal Polish-American immigrant city in the U.S. in the early 20th century around the Dodge Main automotive plant; through the late 20th and early 21st century it transformed into one of the most ethnically diverse cities-per-capita in America, with substantial Bangladeshi, Yemeni, Polish, African-American, and other communities living in dense walking-distance proximity.

Listings in Hamtramck

  • [[detroit-zen-center]] — Korean Zen (Sudeoksa lineage) practice center + Living Zen Organics organic café, 3030 Casmere St; founded 1990

Bioregional context

Files under [[great-lakes]] (a new bioregion for [[directory|the directory]]).

See also

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  • Member of: [[place]]
  • Contained by: [[great-lakes]]
  • Contains: [[detroit-zen-center]]

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Practical

contained by

  • Detroit Zen Center Casmere Street — Hamtramck residential / community / meditation center since 1990

General

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