You forgot Palestine !!
& I am sure you meant to say "irrespective of there being a bunch of, Joo's, living near by"
Look up the word "Irregardless" & tell me if you think it fit's in that context ?? 
Irregardless is a term meaning - in spite of or anyway - that has caused controversy since it first appeared in the early twentieth century (being grammatically incorrect). It is generally listed in dictionaries as "incorrect" or "nonstandard".
Only in America.
Bastardize your own language (go invent a new one).
Yet you still understood what I meant.
You seem to alwaays be hung-up on literary technicalities. All living languages change. Since you knew what I meant, and most rational people would too, I submit to you that it IS, in fact, a real word.
