I live in Boston’s North End (Little Italy) so I hear as much Italian as English from the locals here. On top of this, this is a tourism Mecca. I’m just about next door to Paul Revere’s house and the Old North Church, where the “1 if by land and 2 if by sea” lantern signal was flashed from the bell tower. It’s 2 blocks down to a park that overlooks the Charlestown Naval Yard where the USS Constitution is docked. Virtually all the tourists pay the North End a visit. In addition, the city has a thriving Chinatown as well as a smaller but equally vibrant J’ Town., a Vietnamese area, tons of people from Hatti the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala and all of South America. We also have communities of refugees from all the waring African nations. We have a large Arab community. Many run shops that sell spices, dates, nuts, olives, olive oil and the like. If you get to know the shop owner, you can get some great bargains, because they will let you know when a discounted shipment is coming in.
I took a walk through much of the city a few days back, and I remarked to my wife that I heard less English being spoken than various foreign languages. There was French, Italian, German, Dutch, Polich, Yiddish, Farsi, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Thai, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and numerous African languages I could not identify. It must be a tough city for cab drivers, most of whom speak only the barest bit of English themselves. :-)