Article: Foreign residents fill local needs in Bowling Green, Ky.

IN THE MOVIE "BACK TO THE FUTURE," MICHAEL J. FOX'S CHARACTER HOPS IN A DELOREAN TIME MACHINE, SPEEDS FOR HIS LIFE, AND WINDS UP IN A QUINTESSENTIAL 1955 VERSION OF HIS HOMETOWN. IF, BY MISTAKE, HE HAD CRASHED INTO DOWNTOWN BOWLING GREEN, KY., CIRCA 2000, HE MAY HAVE THOUGHT HE HAD REACHED HIS DESTINATION. THE STATUES AND GREENERY OF FOUNTAIN SQAURE PARK, THE ROWS OF SMALL BUSINESSES, THE CITY HALL BUILDING ON THE CORNER...BOWLING GREEN APPEARS TO BE AS TYPICALLY MID-AMERICN AS THE FICTIONAL EISENHOWER-ERA HILL VALLEY.

Closer scrutiny, however, reveals an unusual phenomenon in this city of fewer than 50,000 residents. In recent years, Bowling Green has witnessed a steady influx of ...

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