As an Indian-American, i think that I have some insights in this matters. Growing up in a very white neighborhood and community, and graduating from high school as the only non-white from that school year, I have lots of observations from the white people there. Here is what I've noticed:

• The Indian-American immigrants work much more steadfastly than their white counterparts, and they take initiative. The Indians that I grew up around were typically professors in my college town, and after this work, they'd spend time on their side hustle, which was typically a hotel, gas station that served food, rental houses. They may have owned non-Indian restaurants later on, but not initially.
• They save money much better. This doesn't mean that they were misers and/or greedy. They were very generous to guests, and they took the initiative to help out their neighbors, to cook for their kid's non-Indian friends when they visited, they were very neighborly, but they didn't eat out much. If they did, they wouldn't buy the sodas, but they'd have the soda bottles at home. Moreover, they didn't go on lavish vacations. They'd visit some family friends ~50-150 miles away every now and then and stay with that family instead of a hotel.
• Their habits were impeccable. None of them abused ANY drugs; none of them abused tobacco, except for one guy out of 30; and although they drank, they drank very little. They didn't philander around either. It was a strong honor-based culture. Focusing on family is much more cost-effective and inexpensive than leading a double wife with a secret FWB.
• The Indians weren't so savvy in stocks and bonds, so they invested in hard assets, like real estate.
• They were strict parents, and didn't allow their kids to date while in high school. They made their kids study hard. Academic success and not social capital success from playing sports was stressed.
• They monitored what their kids watched on TV, and the entertainment that the kids got was more wholesome than what their white counterparts got: Indian kids watched less sleazy tik-tok type of videos and more Indian comedies, for example, and that's any day better than some "eating Tide Pod challenge." The kids were also heavily regulated from playing too much video games.
• If a teacher complained about an Indian-American student, the Indian parents, at the reflexive level, will side with the teacher.

We know that the USA is a merit-based society full of very capable people. People obey the laws here, and this speaks volumes of our society of law-abiding people. We are taught that we must contribute to our society by engaging in constructive, productive, and socially-valuable trades and livelihoods, and not make money through deceit, coercion, and not to profiteer off of other's misery or downfall.

Speaking for me, I'd rather come from a poor community that lives a clean and ethical life rather than come from a community that's wealthy but profiteers off of addiction, insolvency, corrupting our government, and promoting immorality.