As any other Major US cities like New York, Boston Chicago also has sizeable Nepali Community. There are students/professionals who went to/are going to Tier A schools like Kellogg Northwestern, University of Chicago; others who went to/are going to Tier B schools like IIT(Illinois Institute of Technology), UIC(University of Illinois at Chicago), Loyola etc; and yet other who went to/are going to community colleges like Oakton, Truman, Triton etc. To generalize that and put everything in the same basket and say "Chicago sucks" is at the least a naivete and at the best an intentional slander against all the hardworking Nepalese. Of course there are Nepalese who are over staying their visa, others who are only doing non professional jobs. But what wrong did they do? And what is wrong with falling into "low income" category? Its an income from hardwork after all, they did not cheat, they did not steal. Why look down upon them? That is at the least myopic and at the best Samsarian doctrine of "I am better than everybody else" attitude.

Whatever we do, wherever we live we are all Nepalese after all. We are so diunited in our own home country which is on the verge of disintegration. So, why not we learn from that and try to live together in this foreign land without the distinction and discrimination of higher income, lower income, DV people, non DV EB2 residents, students, non students etc etc etc. Why separate why not join? Why do we need CNFS and CNP for merely 3000 Nepalese in Chicago area? Why not combine the two, join hands and enjoy each other's company? Otherwise what will be left in this foreign land where more than 95% of people think you are either Indian, Hispanic, Chinese or filipino?

Happy New Year!

Chicagoan