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While this is true in terms of where people live/work/go to school it does not seem like the Asians in Houston are as well integrated as the other group socially. Go to EaDo or Washington Avenue in the evening and see for yourself.
That might be because there are a lot of new immigrants in Houston and the Vietnamese who have been there for a while aren't as integrated as say the Chinese in the Bay Area. A lot of the second or even third generation Vietnamese Americans in Houston still speak English with an accent.
Louisiana and West Virginia don't have large Asian populations (aside from a notable Vietnamese American community in the New Orleans area and the small bayou towns where they often are in the shrimp business), but the ones there tend to be a lot more assimilated and culturally are very American compared to California Asians.
Louisiana and West Virginia don't have large Asian populations (aside from a notable Vietnamese American community in the New Orleans area and the small bayou towns where they often are in the shrimp business), but the ones there tend to be a lot more assimilated and culturally are very American compared to California Asians.
What are you basing that on? If it's food I don't think the Louisiana Vietnamese eat less ethnic than Northern California Asians. I would say in the middle to upper middle class the Vietnamese are less integrated in Louisiana than in NoCal. I didn't see a lot of Vietnamese intermingle at Nola restaurants, bars and other places that cater to non working class.
If it's southern California you're talking about there are more new immigrants there and the ones live in San Gabriel stayed in enclaves too long so they might be less assimilated. However I don't think they're any worse than the small town Vietnamese in Louisiana.
I did notice that one of the places where Vietnamese are well represented, in Louisiana and Texas, are Trump rallies. There's a South Vietnam flag in the group storming the Capitol in Jan 6.
The GBA is like 20-25%? Irish so 80% is everyone else- no one else has a presence in the region other than the 20%?
It's not the population size alone that makes Boston feel Irish. For instance, the police and fire departments in Boston are exceedingly Irish.
Cities like Seattle don't really have such a strong ethnic dominance even though it is very white. The Scandinavian heritage even in the Ballard neighborhood is mostly a museum and some bakeries. It's very much pan-white, like pan-Asian in Seattle. Asians have also been a major presence in the Seattle area for almost as long as whites. So the dynamic is different than Boston.
It's not the population size alone that makes Boston feel Irish. For instance, the police and fire departments in Boston are exceedingly Irish.
Cities like Seattle don't really have such a strong ethnic dominance even though it is very white. The Scandinavian heritage even in the Ballard neighborhood is mostly a museum and some bakeries. It's very much pan-white, like pan-Asian in Seattle. Asians have also been a major presence in the Seattle area for almost as long as whites. So the dynamic is different than Boston.
So the fire departments and police?
Again even most white people in Boston area arent Irish. Let alone the city of Boston where fewer than 1/3 of the less than half the population that is white, is Irish….
Needless to say black and Cape Verdeans have been in Boston longer than Asians have been in Seattle. Much longer….hundred of years longer.
Seattle as “pan Asian”? I think your reaching. It has a large Asian presence but Seattle as a city is still super white, much whiter than Boston. Being pan white is different than being pan Irish. Just saying..
If Seattle at 17% asian and ~58% white is “pan Asian” does that make Boston pan black?
Every city with Irish Americans has a heavily Irish Fire and Police department. This is the norm in Philly NYC and Chicago as well. Boston standouts for its elite healthcare and universities. In those spaces Asians are extremely over represented in student bodies (MIT BU Northeastern Harvard MGH etc etc).and there’s many multitudes more of them than cops and firefighters. And now in the mayors office.
Even if Seattle MSA is 15% Asian it’s barely more asian than the average MSA is black..it’s not the Bay
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Seattle as “pan Asian”? I think your reaching. It has a large Asian presence but Seattle as a city is still super white, much whiter than Boston. If Seattle at 17% asian and ~58% white is “pan Asian” does that make Boston pan black?
I think you misunderstood what I mean by Seattle having pan-Asian influence. There's not one dominant Asian group from the same era. You have a very big range of Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Filipinos and South Asians, as well as multiple generations of each. And they get along for the most part! And there's a huge number of intra-Asian coupling. The Asian food here is very much pan-Asian fusion.
I was just pointing out that the Irish share of whites in Boston dominates, whereas in Seattle there's no dominating white ethnicity.
Northern VA saw a large influx of Vietnamese post Vietnam War. One community earned the nickname Little Nam for a while, but that name got lost with S Korean ex-pats calling Northern VA home. Both equally dominate areas of Fairfax County, VA. In recent years, the Philippino population has exploded. But for whatever reason Chinese and Japanese settle in California and Hawaii (also heavy with Philippino population).
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