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...Indian state of Gujarat, where millions of people bear the family name Patel, operate inexpensive motels from San Diego to the Oregon border. The first Patel was Nanlal, who with a partner bought the old Ford Hotel in Sacramento during World War II. Scores of Patels followed. Naranji Patel, 45, owner of the Sands and Park View lodgings in San Jose, estimates that up to 80% of the state's 1,500 independently run motels with fewer than 25 rooms are in Indian hands. Most lodgings were purchased from small operators who wanted to quit the business. Says Patel...
...newcomers put their entire families to work changing sheets, sweeping floors and watching the front desk. Indian enthusiasm for the hotel trade has remained strong. Boasts Naranji Patel: "You can travel from San Francisco to New York, and there's not a town where an Indian, a Patel, is not there...
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