I know there are communities aside from there, such as in Massachusetts, but when you think "Armenian-Americans" you're probably thinking Kardashians California, right? That is by far the largest concentration. But it seems that is you are coming from the former-Ottoman regions, you're likely arriving on the East Coast USA, so why did so many not settle there, and instead trek across the country? What was the draw?
Also, how did the Armenian community work to sustain itself through the 20th century, and also how accepted was it and how well did it integrate into the larger cultural fabric of the region?
As a follow-up question, what were their normal ports of departure?
I don't know why they're so concentrated in Glendale/Montebello, but they're heavily concentrated in Watertown, MA (an inner ring suburb of Boston) because of networks created by Protestant missionaries who had worked in the Ottoman Empire. Most of the missionaries and missionary organizations were in the Northeast (the archives, which some of my friends have combed through, are in places like Union Theological Seminary in New York, Harvard, and Amherst).