¶ … urban and rural communities differ in the formality of their norms and the strictness with which they are enforced? Urban and rural communities differ profoundly in the demographic composition of their population and thus in their informal social norms. The greater influx of immigrants and socially mobile communities of labor often creates greater diversity in urban communities. This diversity results in greater tolerance of different modes of life. People who are young, gay, from other countries, or are pursuing artistic careers, are more likely to live in cities and often are more willing to transgress common social norms of what constitutes an acceptable lifestyle than people...

What is 'Italian' is re-created in a pluralistic urban setting, even within what America deems a single ethnic group.
Rural…