More than 30,000 Bukharian Jews (Central Asia) have settled in central Queens, mainly in Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens Hills and Fresh Meadows... [They] operate dozens of places of worship and yeshivas, run a weekly newspaper and prosper in a wide range of fields including jewelry, medicine and real estate..

[In Forest Hills], Bukharians have been tearing down the neighborhood’s sedate Tudor, Georgian and Cape Cod-style homes...

[They build "aggressively", paving over lawns and erecting walls around their properties.]
“We like to utilize every single square inch of land, every inch of territory,” explained Rabbi Shlomo... [Neighbors complain about] the Bukharian tendency to build boldly and big, saying that the new houses are destroying their neighborhoods.

“Don’t be upset with our people because we like to be large,” pleaded Boris Kandov...

“I could spit and throw up,” said a Forest Hills resident of 51 years [as she watched construction.]“They don’t want to talk to us,” she said. “They want to be alone.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/nyregion/05forest.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=nyregion