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NY Area is around 10% Asian (though may be an undercount due to many people not filling out the census)
LA area is around 12% Asian.
However, NY Area Asians are growing at a faster rate than LA area, and already long surpassed the Bay Area a long time ago (rendering any talk about percentages there useless).
Therefore, there can only be one answer...the Tri-State Area.
NY Area is around 10% Asian (though may be an undercount due to many people not filling out the census)
LA area is around 12% Asian.
Same could be said about the LA or SF Bay areas, though.
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Therefore, there can only be one answer...the Tri-State Area.
I wonder how many Asians think that...?
Maybe you guys will catch up someday Either way, you'd have over a hundred years of history to catch up on that you'd never be able to meet. Sorry, saying that the tri-state up is the center of Asian culture in the US because recently more Asians started moving there is like saying that Texas is the center of black culture in America because the black population has grown in the last couple decades.
Same could be said about the LA or SF Bay areas, though.
I wonder how many Asians think that...?
Maybe you guys will catch up someday Either way, you'd have over a hundred years of history to catch up on that you'd never be able to meet. Sorry, saying that the tri-state up is the center of Asian culture in the US because recently more Asians started moving there is like saying that Texas is the center of black culture in America because the black population has grown in the last couple decades.
History much? Blacks have been in Texas in large numbers since the days of slavery. In fact, that is the main reason Texas left Mexico, because Mexico did not want Texas to have slaves.
Compare that to California where the black population was extremely low prior to WW2,and which is now decreasing as a % of the population in 2012.
Side rant: I can't stand it when people go "____ much." Like, "extrapolate much?" "Passive aggressive much?" etc. Grammatically incorrect, smug, unfunny, tired, droll, etc.
Anyways...
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Blacks have been in Texas in large numbers since the days of slavery.
And NYC has one of the US' oldest Chinatowns (just a few years after SF and Oakland).
Despite these facts, side by side: Texas is not the hub of black culture in the US. New York is not the hub of Asian culture in the US.
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In fact, that is the main reason Texas left Mexico, because Mexico did not want Texas to have slaves.
Awesome but largely irrelevant to this particular discussion.
As stated above: Texas is not the hub of black culture in the US. New York is not the hub of Asian culture in the US.
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Compare that to California where the black population was extremely low prior to WW2,and which is now decreasing as a % of the population in 2012.
Again, irrelevant.
Texas is not the hub of black culture in the US. New York is not the hub of Asian culture in the US.
Asian culture/numbers is fairly strong throughout the entire state of California. Their counterparts in New York are only in the NYC area; go to upstate NY ( Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, and esp points north, to the Canadian border), and it's almost non-existant..
Bay Area. I think Chinese immigration preceded and was larger than that of other groups. Part of it had to do with the building of the railroads. Also, the number of 747s flying out of SFO to China (United, China Air, EVA, Cathay Pacific, et al) is staggering.
In Los Angeles, the dominant Asian groups were the Japanese and the Koreans. I always had Japanese friends as a kid. I guess I liked their musical last names and the generally nice resonance of their language. Just kidding. For some reason, I have always found the Japanese to be the most friendly of the Asian groups, and the ones most likely to assimilate and Americanize. I remember JAL being a constant at LAX, more so than the China-bound carriers. Lately, the Chinese have amassed a larger presence in SoCal, particularly in the San Gabriel Valley. If one drives on "the 60" near LaPuente/Diamond Bar, one can see strip malls with the script entirely in Chinese. I find that obnoxious. How much more would it cost to have another sign underneath that says "Jade Tea Garden" or something?
It always amazes me how often HONOLULU is over looked. The metro is by far the metro most dominated by Asian culture and nowhere comes even close. If you are not Asian or part Asian in Honolulu, you are a minority. Yeah it may be much smaller than SF, LA, and NYC but still. Pound for pound, no city comes remotely close to Honolulu when it comes to Asian culture.
It always amazes me how often Honolulu is over looked. The metro is by far metro most dominated by Asian culture and nowhere comes even close. Yeah it may be small but still..
honolulu is small and out there and not important in the grand scheme of things. it's like saying el paso is the hub for mexican culture in the usa
honolulu is small and out there and not important in the grand scheme of things. it's like saying el paso is the hub for mexican culture in the usa
Out where? Closer to Asia than all the other cities? Yeah I realize Honolulu is much smaller than LA, SF, and NYC but I'd say it's arguably one of the Top 5 Asian cities in America. You can't say the same thing for El Paso with regards to Mexico.
I don't think there even is some sort of central "hub" of Asian culture as SF, NYC, and LA all have a million+ Asians each, none of those three are that dominant over the others really. Just saying Honolu is more dominated Asian culture than any other city and for that reason IS important and worth mentioning.
There is no such thing as "Asian Culture". There is Korean culture. And Chinese culture. And Indian culture. Etc.
Hope that helps.
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Either way, you'd have over a hundred years of history to catch up on that you'd never be able to meet. Sorry, saying that the tri-state up is the center of Asian culture in the US because recently more Asians started moving there is like saying that Texas is the center of black culture in America because the black population has grown in the last couple decades.
