Where are Asians in NoVA?

[pcity]

Originally Posted by 5stones

So, it really is a double edged sword. how ccome an Asian person can express a desire to live where most Asians live and get helpful resonses. BUT a white person asks for help for an area that is mostly white and they get labled a racist? (I admit a have jumped on few who don't want diversity etc...)

Here's why I think it's interpreted differently:

If you're Asian, there are tons of places in America where you'll be a very small minority. Not in NoVa, but certainly in many places. Many people don't like sticking out, so they at least want to know where there are a few others that look like them, for comfort reasons.

If you're white, there's very few places in America where you'll be a very small minority. In fact, outside of SE and NE DC, and some parts of Prince George's, I think every place in the DC area is at least 40% white. So if a white person says "Where are the white people in NoVA?", the answer is obviously "everywhere", and people wonder about the person's motive for asking the question.

Of course, if someone asks "Will I be the only white person on the block?" or "Will I stick out as a white person in _?", that wouldn't (or at least shouldn't) be interpreted as racist. That's just like the "Asian" question: It has to do with comfort level.

[pcity]

Originally Posted by VRE332

Wherever you find the Asian population there is also the same population of Illegal immigrants. So it's a double edge sword

Not necessarily true. As I pointed out in the DC thread on the same subject. There are tons of Asian-Americans in the "yuppie areas" of Arlington and Alexandria.

[5stones]

DC also has chinatown.

[SCGyrl4Life]

I have been reading quite a few threads especially concerning Nova. I have noticed 1) Most people do ask questions about living in predominantly white areas. They just use code words or phrases such as:

1. The "other" side or Rt. 1, or calling an area sketchy because it has a lot of brown people, oh and my favorite "I want my kids to go to a school where the majority of kids speak English" or something like that. I am from SC so I can tell you right now I went to 2 different schools. One was where 100% kids spoke English and it was a Total and utter MESS. I live near Seven Corners and have not seen any so called gangs since I have lived here so I take that ignorance with a grain of salt. Drugs? Drugs are EVERYWHERE. You are never going to escape it.

2. I don't want to live near illegal immigrants, as if somehow you can catch "illegal". This year it is illegal immigrants and next year it will be some other brown group. (I only consider native americans true americans so there).

3. Personally I notice people dissuade others from living in certain areas because of the "big bad brown people" and frankly I find that if they could afford those "nicer" (relative term) areas then they would have found them in their search initially.

No matter what anyone says there is always a comfort level around people who look like you, which is why there are groups of brown people living in one area and groups of white people living in another area. That is life. So to the posters who got mad b/c of the original post, get over it. I don't get mad about it unless it is based on ignorance. If you think that b/c you live in gated community where everyone looks like you, that you are safe, then who am I to burst your bubble? If someone said flat out they wanted to live in an all white/black/asian community, why jump on them? Let them continue to live in their dreamland and move on.

[springfieldva]

Originally Posted by brucev

I'm wondering which areas in DC/NoVa have a lot of Asians?
On my visit to DC, I saw few Asians. I did see a few at tyson's corner mall. But really, not many asians in DC/Nova?

I'm a single (late 20's) and want to live in a lively area with people around my age. Would Arlington/alexandria be the best bet?

Can anyone who knows the area better give some feedback

Hi Bruce - Lots of single Asian people live in Annandale because it is close to Northern Virginia Community College and not too far from George Mason. The area is also very nice for commuting and rents are fairly affordable. There are quite a few Asian families in Annandale but I don't think there is much of a "night life" there.

Centreville has a growing Asian population. It is a family oriented area and housing tends to be more affordable than other parts of the county.

In general, the best lively areas for 20 somethings would be Arlington, Alexandria and possibly Falls Church, maybe Vienna. Your budget will help you decide which of these areas is best for you.

[TheseGoTo11]

at first I though this was a joke

Fairfax County is 16% Asian, and just about every part of the continent is covered, from China to Korea to Vietnam

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[chimerical]

I grew up in Centreville/Chantilly, and there were always quite a few other Asian families in my neighborhood. Like others have mentioned, you'll probably find the highest concentration of East Asians in Annandale.

[NissanTechnician]

There are also quite a few Asian americans in the city of Fairfax as well. As somebody pointed out, areas close to George Mason University are going to be more diverse than others, just because of the different types of people attending the university there.

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[FC2CLT]

annandale was the first place that popped into my head. is LUCKY WORLD still there at leohman's? also i think the old A&P in merryfield is an asian market. its been 3 years so im not sure how areas have changed.

[adctvmonkey]

As a Korean-American myself, the simple answer to this question is that plenty of Asians are to be found all across Northern Virginia with less in eastern Prince William County. The *very* general breakdown is basically between yuppie 2nd and 3rd generation Asian-Americans and the suburban family types. Sure, you have the traditional ethnic enclaves like Vietnamese Falls Church or Korean Annandale that really were where all the specific groups of Asian people once lived, but that's mostly moot now. For example, my predominantly Korean-American church has plenty of people from McLean, Alexandria, Chantilly, Great Falls, Burke, Fairfax, Centreville, Gainesville, Ashburn, just about the whole western half of the DC metro area (surprisingly not many from Annandale). You can't exactly pinpoint one exact place because they're pretty integrated into everywhere.