In 1992, my dad,aunt and three of my uncles and their families moved to the United States from Nigeria to pursue their separate careers and escape . They all settled in Rosedale, Queens in different apartments. They moved here in order to find better paying jobs as there was a high inflation rate at that time. A dollar was equal to 10Naira (Nigeria currency) as opposed to 1972 where a dollar was 0.658Naira. My brother and I were born in Nigeria and did not move here till 2008, 2010 respectively. Although we visited New York lots of times before 2008, it was just for the summer vacation or winter break.
Queens is the most diverse borough in New York . Rosedale is comprised of a high percentage of Caribbeans.