Nashville

: The small family-operated store and adjacent restaurant literally give a flavour of the vibrant immigrant community that is thriving in Nashville — yes, Nashville, that one-time bastion of the South that made a crucial decision six years ago to open itself, literally, to new tongues, according to CBC. World famous for its country-music industry — a huge tourist draw — Nashville is also attracting a burgeoning immigrant population. Inside, piñatas hang from the ceiling, and the shelves are lined with groceries from Mexico. In fact it is one of the fastest growing in the entire U.S. Nashville population of foreign-born residents has spiked to 12 per cent of the population, about double what it was just 10 years ago. But it also has a sizeable Kurdish population — the largest in the country — and Somali population. Hispanics are the largest group of newcomers in this city of 600,000. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.