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Old 07-21-2011, 01:47 PM
 
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Not until we're the Catholic mecca, too. Then it's banned as everyone will have mecca-ized Atlanta.
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Catholocism is the fastest growing religion in metro atlanta. The catholic population is around 1 million.

So yeah. But vatican city is catholic mecca any way
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Old 07-21-2011, 02:10 PM
 
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Did anyone read the cover article in New York magazine a few months ago titled Asian Like Me ? (a play off of John Howard Griffin's novel "Black Like Me") Interesting Read.

Cover Article by Wesley Yang

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Old 07-21-2011, 02:28 PM
 
Location: Johns Creek, Georgia
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Dude.. I work out everyday at the Lifetime fitness at Johns Creek . There are times when I am swimming at the pool, I feel I like I am in a health club in Seoul.... no joke. They don't even speak english.

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Awesome news, but I would like to see the number of Asians moving to metro Atlanta per year quadrupuled. It seems like it's all word of mouth right now, as the rest of the U.S. refuses to acknowledge our robust growth. One idea would be an advertising campaign that actively works to attract more Asians to the region from places like Los Angeles and San Francisco, and maybe even Seoul and Beijing.
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Old 07-21-2011, 02:35 PM
 
Location: Johns Creek, Georgia
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Whoop there it is....

My wife is huge fan of Whole foods... but i am big fan of HMART.

When my Asian Cali friends talks crap about Altanta... I respond by.. "How many HMARTs do you guys have?" End of conversation.

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Talking about stores, I was recently surprised to find out that there are more Hmarts in Atlanta than there are in all of California. That just blew my mind given that California definitely has a larger Korean population base than Atlanta...for now.
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Old 07-21-2011, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Johns Creek, Georgia
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Which city has the best Korea Town?

Atlanta... #2 BEST KOREA TOWN... in the city data poll...
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Old 07-21-2011, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Savannah GA
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Has anybody else noticed that COMCAST recently added two Korean-language TV channels to their Atlanta digital lineups, up there with all those Spanish-language networks we've always had?! Shhhh! Don't tell the rest of the C-D world! They'd refuse to believe it anyway ...
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Old 07-21-2011, 03:07 PM
 
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For all of east Asia or just Korea? For Asian culture in America, there are a handful of cities I'd put before Atlanta, and for Koreans, Dallas is definitely right up there with it.
For Asians in general, definitely. But Atlanta holds its own for Koreans specifically. The city really missing from the list is DC.

A look at immigration arrivals and flight connectivity demonstrates my point:

Number of new Korean immigrants gaining permanent status in 2010:

1) Los Angeles 5,298
2) New York 3,415
3) Washington DC 1,338
4) Atlanta 825
5) Seattle 750
6) Chicago 729
7) San Jose 604
8) Dallas 549
9) San Francisco 484
10) Philadelphia 450

DHS | Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010

Number of services on Korean Air weekly:

1. Los Angeles - 48 (7 x 747; 17 x 777; 21 x A330)
2. New York - 21 (3 x A380; 18 x 777)
3. Honolulu - 17 (14 x A330; 3 x 767)
4. Seattle - 16 (16 x 777)
t5. Atlanta - 10 (7 x 747; 3 x 777)
t5. Chicago - 10 (7 x 747/777; 3 x 777)
7. Dallas - 8 (5 x 777; 3 x 747)
t8. San Francisco - 7 (7 x 777)
t8. Detroit - 7 (7 x 777)
t8. Washington DC - 7 (7 x 777)
11. Las Vegas - 3 (3 x 777)

(keep in mind, Atlanta is the longest flight of all of these, and is second longest in KA's entire route network behind Sao Paulo)

http://www.koreanair.com/etc/downloa...table_2009.pdf

Atlanta isn't the Korean mecca, but it's definitely very notable for Koreans in America.

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Does Atlanta even have a Koreatown in its city center?
Obviously not. We don't have anything approaching an enclave of Koreans, Mexicans, or any other sort of nationality anywhere near our city center. That's not the type of city Atlanta is--we had virtually no Koreans (or really any other immigrants) when the driving forces behind inner-city ethnic enclaves were present. I'll bet we could add 100k more Koreans and still not have a distinct Koreatown anywhere near downtown. Immigrants mainly come to Atlanta for the suburbs.
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Old 07-21-2011, 04:27 PM
 
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Dude.. I work out everyday at the Lifetime fitness at Johns Creek . There are times when I am swimming at the pool, I feel I like I am in a health club in Seoul.... no joke. They don't even speak english.
What does this have to do with my comment? If you mean that Atlanta has enough Asians, I disagree. I want this city to be swamped with Asians. Intown Atlanta could especially benefit from a quadrupuling of the Asian population growth. We need a lot of condos filled and neighborhoods gentrified. Not to mention the coolnes factor of having an urban, intown neighborhood dominated by Asians. South Downtown would make a perfect Koreatown.
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Old 07-21-2011, 05:25 PM
 
Location: Johns Creek, Georgia
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BringbackCobain...
That is exactly my point... Johns Creek asian population doubled in 4 short years... if this trend continues we will easily surpass 40,000 Asians in Johns Creek by 2020.. That is 40% of the Johns Creek population... the place you can see Asian population boom like that is in Los Angeles county back in the 1980s.

I always thought that Doraville was the old Korea town and Duluth is the new Korean town? am i correct?

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What does this have to do with my comment? If you mean that Atlanta has enough Asians, I disagree. I want this city to be swamped with Asians. Intown Atlanta could especially benefit from a quadrupuling of the Asian population growth. We need a lot of condos filled and neighborhoods gentrified. Not to mention the coolnes factor of having an urban, intown neighborhood dominated by Asians. South Downtown would make a perfect Koreatown.

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Old 07-21-2011, 05:28 PM
 
Location: Johns Creek, Georgia
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Newboy,

Hook me up? I have Comcast internet but didn't get their TV service? Can i still get the the two Korean-language TV by splitting a wire? OMG.. that is awesome.... or do need the Comcast TV service to get these 2 K-channels....

Dude.. please share....

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Has anybody else noticed that COMCAST recently added two Korean-language TV channels to their Atlanta digital lineups, up there with all those Spanish-language networks we've always had?! Shhhh! Don't tell the rest of the C-D world! They'd refuse to believe it anyway ...
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