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Is this the start of balkanization in the U.S?
Seems like China town is a landmark in the U.S with historic juncture.
If these groups have some 'Love from their country of origin" we should let them go home to the old country. Californians better start paying attention to their state and not let their elected Officials sell them !
Ugh, every time with this board I swear. You do realize it makes you look like a complete moron by assuming things about people you don't know, right? Why don't you come right out and call me a racist? Funny, considering that I am Hispanic and am against this kind of thing, but you wouldn't know that, now would you? As I said before, I don't like "Little" anything, regardless of skin color and culture.
What does you being Hispanic have to do with it? That's irrelevant.
Again, there have been Little enclaves all over America for well over a hundred years...no complaints.
In many cities, these places are TOURIST attractions!
But all of a sudden out of the blue, for the FIRST TIME, I'm hearing that this stuff isn't such a good idea?
And what is the impetus for this sudden displeasure? Well whaddya know...non white or Asian groups are thinking about setting up the same thing.
No. Central American immigrants have already established little communities in those areas years ago. Any sort of conflict would've of happened or is going to happen regardless if you rename one stretch of Vermont.
Are you saying that there hasn't been conflict in L.A. between Salvadorians and Colombians? Because that couldn't be further from the truth.
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It was sort of a snarky comment about how fast LA is gentrifying. Many of those areas though already were rundown at one point, they're actually improving as of late as LA property values go up. The irony is that the Central American groups are just trying to carve out a small neighborhood identity in an area that gets thrown together as Koreatown continues to expand--which is ma big area. But Koreatown is rapidly a cool area for people outside the area to check out(or move to). Just like places that were predominantly Hispanic like Echo Park have become hip areas for transplants recently.
I don't know, I've been Koreatown and driving around there is a nightmare. I can't even count on both hands the times I almost got hit by another driver there lol.
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What a jerk! Only gentrification can prevent organized crime!
You should knock off the sarcasm and look at the quote in the context I was using it, I was showing you that they are doing this not for hipsters such as yourself, but for the people of those communities that feel that they need an identity like the Koreans and such.
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You could tell me Zankou Chicken was owned by the Armenian Mob, wouldn't matter to me--it's still delicious.
And that is your prerogative, even if I highly disagree with it like the innocent people in that community probably do.
I like these little enclaves. Not only are they tourist attractions, but it provides people with a way to escape from regular american culture and you get to experience something new and exotic. It also helps out small business owners. Whether people agree or not though, people have the right to act any way they want to as long as they are not doing anything illegal.
If these groups have some 'Love from their country of origin" we should let them go home to the old country. Californians better start paying attention to their state and not let their elected Officials sell them !
Amen!
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