Scottish Americans artisans in every American town. Scots arriving in Florida and the Gulf Coast traded extensively with Native Americans. American bluegrass and folk music styles have some of their roots in the Appalachian ballad culture of Scotch-Irish Americans (predominantly originating from the "Border Ballad" tradition of southern Scotland and northern England). Fiddle tunes from the Scottish repertoire, as they developed in the eighteenth century, and spread rapidly into British colonies, although sometimes through the medium of print rather than aurally. Outside of Gaelic-speaking communities, however, characteristic Highland musical idioms, such as the “Scotch-snap,” were flattened out and assimilated into anglophone musical
Chinese Americans in Boston in four Chinese visitors coming to Boston for education. Acton had 2,041 Chinese Americans in 2010, a 151% increase from 2000 and the ninth largest Chinese population in Massachusetts. In 2000, Malden had 4,504 ethnic Chinese people, making up 57% of the city's Asian population. From 2000 to 2010 the Chinese population of Malden increased by about 50%. Malden Center is situated on the MBTA Orange Line which connects with Boston's Chinatown. The Chinese Progressive Association is located in Boston. The Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc. (BCNC; ) serves Chinese Americans in the region. Its principal site is in the