Filipinos in San Diego??? (living, to move, working)

[BeachMack]

You want the real truth... The hard facts ???

Well even if you didn't here thy are... Your going to get racist people where ever you move!!! PERIOD... There is A L O T of people here who H A T E any Asians and some will tell you or show you to your face and most are closet haters, but haters none the less... They dont call places in San Diego, Santee "CLANtee" for nothing!!! Your just going to have to find out if your the one hated... Or your kids... Kids can be even MORE CRULE then adults...

Thats as simple as I can put it... I believe Mexicans are hated the most in SD from what I hear and the types of hate crimes I see... But you could be a statistic as well... Thats just life.... Good luck to you in what ever move you make...

Originally Posted by Dave R

My Wife and I along with our 3 young children (we are Filipino)are planning on moving to San Diego (in or around the Poway area) within the next 7 months. We are moving from Bergen county NJ where I've lived for most of my adult life. Here in the northeast Filipinos are far and few between compared to southern California but I've never experienced any prejudice or rasicm here. Also Filipinos in the northeast greet each other and smile when they see other Filipinos, and embrace one anothers company. I understand that may not always be the case in southern California, where I hear Filipinos hate on other Filipinos that they don't know. I was just wondering how Filipinos were treated or looked upon in San Diego both by other Filipinos and non-Filipinos alike is this a move my family and I may regret?
Thank you in advance for any advice.

[mastersinger619]

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[Mommynfour]

Hello ,I was wondering if any of you know a catholic church that has a filipino sunday mass my nanay really wanted to go to church that has a filipino mass service,i heard there is on Imperial beach but not sure where.I live here in chula vista.

[Jay619]

I forgot wen but I went to saint michael's catholic church in paradise hills at nite... They had a Tagalog mass.

[lucyluc]

I think a lot of them live in Mira Mesa/Claremont area. I have never had a bad encounter with any of them,I work with a lot of them and find them to be very hard working.

[worldlyman]

Originally Posted by sdurbanite

I just love that you think San Diego is only about Filipinos and Mexicans!

Do you not think that we have Ethiopian/Abyssinian, Somalian, Halal, Iraqi, El Salvadoran, Argentinean, Brazillian, Indian/Pakistani restaurants here, as well? Well, we do. We've also got Cuban, Guamanian/Hawaiian, Eritrean, Lebanese, pupserias....well, you get the point.

Late night Asian hard to find? Really? In Kearny Mesa, Tajima (Japanese) and Soju Town (Korean) are open till 3:00am, Emerald (Chinese), Min Sok Chon (Korean), Korean Hometown till 2:00am, not to mention the late night karaoke bars that like Chorus and J Music. Tea 'n More stays open till 1:00am. Hillcrest has Hong Kong, Asian Bistro and Saigon on 5th that all stay open till 3:00am.

Asian not your thing? Then go to Ciro's Pizza, MaryJane's, Etna, Sultan Schwarma, Filter all stay open till 3:00am. Basic, Turf Club, Red Fox serve till 2:00am

Not late enough? What about the 24 hour joints like Rudford's and Marie's in North Park, Du-Par's, Brian's and and Broadway Pizza downtown, Studio Diner in Kearny Mesa or Lestat's in Normal Heights? And don't forget about all the fast food Mexican Drive-thrus.

I'm sure there are more, but I'll spare you the boredom.

On the subject of diversity, the links below from the US Census Bureau (2007) might interest you regarding the breakdown of races for Houston City (since being in the inner loop is the only thing that matters, right) and San Diego City.

Houston city, Texas - ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2005-2007

San Diego city, California - ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2005-2007

It's no surprise that Houston has a much higher percentage of Mexicans and Blacks, but SD runs away with it when it comes to ther Asian/Pacific Islander population in ALL (including Vietnamese) categories, except South Asian.

The percentages of Cubans and Puerto Ricans are about equal.

Further research also reveals SD has more mixed races (Black/White, White/Asian, White/Indian, Black/Indian) than Houston, even with our much smaller population.

Houston most likely has more Central Americans, but if you think that's enough to make Houston more worldly and international than San Diego, then you are wrong.

San Diego is essentially about Filipinos and Mexicans.

Convoy, Kearny Meas and El Cajon Blvd are nowhere near the scale of Houston's Bellaire Chinatown.

They don't have the mass that you see along Bellaire Blvd.

I've always gone up and down Convoy and Kearny Mesa and have never seen these places you speak of. It's possibly like finding a needle in a haystack. Spread out here and there which really never did us well.

On Bellaire Blvd, there's never a problem with that density of inviting neon for places open until 2-3am.

Sinh Sinh. Easy to spot.
Hong Kong Food Street. Easy to spot.
Pho 24. Easy to spot.
Tan Tan. Easy to spot.

Cafe 101. Easy to spot.
Tony Thai. Easty to spot.

Fu Fu Cafe...perhaps not that easy, but just around the corner from Cafe 101.

And this is just Bellaire Blvd@Beltway 8.

Yeah, international is San Diego? Now how many foreign consulates does San Diego have compared to Houston? Houston which is right up there with NY and L.A. in numbers.

The world doesn't do business with San Diego for shipping, medicine and energy. Maybe to eat some bad food in a truly bad tourist trap like "Old Town." Or buy a t-shirt at the Horton Plaza kiosks.

I've only noticed more Filipinos. But in terms of Asians, I've seen a heck of a lot more Chinese and Vietnamese in Houston...and the corresponding volume of businesses.

Indeed. Where are the late night Bengali and Pakistani cafes of San Diego...which are easy to find in Houston's W. Bellfort/Wilcrest axis?

As it stands, I've yet to have ever seen any semblance of pupuserias in San Diego, which is amazing. There are lots of them in L.A...as well as Houston. It's like Salvadorans really don't want to settle too many roots in "America's Finest City."

Furthermore, Houston which has the most Norwegians in a city outside of the Scandinavian countries...

Your deal, urbanite, is that you proffer San Diego as inferior to actual older cities like NY or so. But then you think that it's superior to Houston, a city that has far more international dealings of substance and actual high end culture.

You have a truly whitebread outlook in this matter. Houston's African-American and Latino influences...and their place/significance in this city cannot be discounted. Too bad, whitebread San Diego doesn't care about them.

Get off the San Diego high horse on that matter. It's got its place as a nice postcard bedroom city of L.A., good only for surfers, whitebread tourism and military boys.

But it's not of actual importance on Houston's level.

[sdurbanite]

Originally Posted by worldlyman

San Diego is essentially about Filipinos and Mexicans.

Convoy, Kearny Meas and El Cajon Blvd are nowhere near the scale of Houston's Bellaire Chinatown.

They don't have the mass that you see along Bellaire Blvd.

I've always gone up and down Convoy and Kearny Mesa and have never seen these places you speak of. It's possibly like finding a needle in a haystack. Spread out here and there which really never did us well.

On Bellaire Blvd, there's never a problem with that density of inviting neon for places open until 2-3am.

Sinh Sinh. Easy to spot.
Hong Kong Food Street. Easy to spot.
Pho 24. Easy to spot.
Tan Tan. Easy to spot.

Cafe 101. Easy to spot.
Tony Thai. Easty to spot.

Fu Fu Cafe...perhaps not that easy, but just around the corner from Cafe 101.

And this is just Bellaire Blvd@Beltway 8.

Yeah, international is San Diego? Now how many foreign consulates does San Diego have compared to Houston? Houston which is right up there with NY and L.A. in numbers.

The world doesn't do business with San Diego for shipping, medicine and energy. Maybe to eat some bad food in a truly bad tourist trap like "Old Town." Or buy a t-shirt at the Horton Plaza kiosks.

I've only noticed more Filipinos. But in terms of Asians, I've seen a heck of a lot more Chinese and Vietnamese in Houston...and the corresponding volume of businesses.

Indeed. Where are the late night Bengali and Pakistani cafes of San Diego...which are easy to find in Houston's W. Bellfort/Wilcrest axis?

As it stands, I've yet to have ever seen any semblance of pupuserias in San Diego, which is amazing. There are lots of them in L.A...as well as Houston. It's like Salvadorans really don't want to settle too many roots in "America's Finest City."

Furthermore, Houston which has the most Norwegians in a city outside of the Scandinavian countries...

Your deal, urbanite, is that you proffer San Diego as inferior to actual older cities like NY or so. But then you think that it's superior to Houston, a city that has far more international dealings of substance and actual high end culture.

You have a truly whitebread outlook in this matter. Houston's African-American and Latino influences...and their place/significance in this city cannot be discounted. Too bad, whitebread San Diego doesn't care about them.

Get off the San Diego high horse on that matter. It's got its place as a nice postcard bedroom city of L.A., good only for surfers, whitebread tourism and military boys.

But it's not of actual importance on Houston's level.

LOL...get off my SD high horse? No one glamorizes Houston like you do, which is funny because Houston is anything but glamorous. More low brow, really.

Did you even click on the Census links I provided? Only Filipinos? SD is a smaller than Houston, yet it has more Koreans, Chinese and Japanese people living here. Now what?

I've seen you posts and you can't seem to talk about Houston without comparing it to SD. I'm guessing you put SD high on a pedestal because of this? Perhaps you are jealous that people actually like SD, while H-Town gets dissed like no other. Whatever, man. I could easily go into the General forum or in the Houston forum and give my opinion on your tired and rundown city, but I won't. But you seem to have no problem coming into the SD forum and trying to bash this city. Why is that?

Besides me, no one seems to care what you have to say. Ever notice how other forumers don't jump on you for your rants about hating SD? I guess it proves that you have no credibility here.

Let's face it, even with our tanking housing market, home prices here are still twice that of Houston. Houston is pretty much the Wal-Mart of big cities. Bargain basement, no frills, no premium. FYI - Did you know that H-town has one of the lowest percentages among big cities of residents without a college degrees?

It's only growing because it cheap, cheap and cheaper. How is it that a place that claims to have so many jobs, opportunites, culture, diversity can have home prices comparable to those in Modesto? With all those people going there, you'd think there would be demand. Not so.

Please, do us all a favor and save your comments. Also, how many different ways can you keep posting the same tirades, anyways? Museum District, Nigerians, Fortune 500 cos, and now you are bringing up Norwegians?.........blah, blah, blah.

Instead of coming here, wouldn't you enjoy yourself more if you walked around in circles on the romantic, historic, awe-inspriring Kemah Boardwalk or fighting the bustling crowds/activities/sidewalk cafes/clubs of 19th street in The Heights?

[worldlyman]

Originally Posted by sdurbanite

LOL...get off my SD high horse? No one glamorizes Houston like you do, which is funny because Houston is anything but glamorous. More low brow, really.

Did you even click on the Census links I provided? Only Filipinos? SD is a smaller than Houston, yet it has more Koreans, Chinese and Japanese people living here. Now what?

I've seen you posts and you can't seem to talk about Houston without comparing it to SD. I'm guessing you put SD high on a pedestal because of this? Perhaps you are jealous that people actually like SD, while H-Town gets dissed like no other. Whatever, man. I could easily go into the General forum or in the Houston forum and give my opinion on your tired and rundown city, but I won't. But you seem to have no problem coming into the SD forum and trying to bash this city. Why is that?

Besides me, no one seems to care what you have to say. Ever notice how other forumers don't jump on you for your rants about hating SD? I guess it proves that you have no credibility here.

Let's face it, even with our tanking housing market, home prices here are still twice that of Houston. Houston is pretty much the Wal-Mart of big cities. Bargain basement, no frills, no premium. FYI - Did you know that H-town has one of the lowest percentages among big cities of residents without a college degrees?

It's only growing because it cheap, cheap and cheaper. How is it that a place that claims to have so many jobs, opportunites, culture, diversity can have home prices comparable to those in Modesto? With all those people going there, you'd think there would be demand. Not so.

Please, do us all a favor and save your comments. Also, how many different ways can you keep posting the same tirades, anyways? Museum District, Nigerians, Fortune 500 cos, and now you are bringing up Norwegians?.........blah, blah, blah.

Instead of coming here, wouldn't you enjoy yourself more if you walked around in circles on the romantic, historic, awe-inspriring Kemah Boardwalk or fighting the bustling crowds/activities/sidewalk cafes/clubs of 19th street in The Heights?

What about your links? I've never seen a lengthy thoroughfare for Korean businesses in San Diego...that even compares to Houston's Long Point/Gessner Ave axis. It's not Western Ave/Wilshire in L.A. but is quite more substantial than anything I've seen in San Diego. Convoy is the closest thing...but that's just a mix of Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean...and not even that long. Houston's Long Point is about as dense and long...but it's just about 95% Korean as far as Asian businesses on that end. But why? Koreans probably have greater incentive to open businesses in Houston than in overpriced San Diego. And Koreans have done a great job volunteering as well as working at the nearby Memorial City Hospital (now Memorial Hermann-Memorial City) where I once worked.

So much for your "links." They have no bearing on what actually exists.

If it were not for irrelevant La Jolla views and the 70ish year round weather...San Diego would be an even cheaper place than Houston.

The economy of scale you brag about has no bearing on real life. Fact: My quality of life here in Houston is BETTER than it ever was in San Diego. San Diego is overpriced because of its weather and certain Pacific views.

I repeat, my quality of life here in Houston is BETTER than it ever was in San Diego.

I've got more money left over for savings, gas and entertainment than I ever did in Southern California. And as I've said, Houston's got better and more restaurants, better bars, superior cultural attractions and a more diverse INTEGRATED population than San Diego County and Orange County together. I'd rather be proud of the Menil Collection (once rated 2nd best art museum by none other than that sack rag Travel & Leisure) than the Big Mouse. While there's no denying the great San Diego Zoo...the Houston Zoo is still rated a top 10 US zoo. And unless one is truly, truly poor, there's not that broad-brushed "if you live in South Bay San Diego then you are..." crap here in Houston. Middle class means a lot more here compared to SD.

College degrees? Okaay. Yet the foreign consulates are here in Houston. The Fortune 500 companies are in Houston. The 6th largest global airport system is here in Houston with both Hobby Airport and Intercon (living in San Diego, always had to drive to L.A. to get passengers returning from the Philippines...ah, S.D.'s "airport"). Houston's got the leading medical industry, is the energy capital of the world...yet it takes a city of ignoramuses to achieve those. Houston's the number one US city in international shipping, yet...

College degrees? And San Diego makes its industry primarily from what now? Cruise ships, military spending...and souvenir kiosks? Percentage of who's got college degrees? Like San Diego's been known for having real jobs. I guess the hospitality business could use 'em.

Here's the kicker, the developments going on here are far more than stale tourist-oriented San Diego. I actually get a kick out of H-town and its constant re-defining and re-invention. In San Diego? Umm. Same old tourist traps. In Houston, the BEST things to do aren't bundled up in cliched packaged vacation districts. The way things move around here are what makes this a truly interesting city.

If that's "Wal-Mart" to you, then go keep your over-priced plastic paradise. On the other hand, I've more money to keep...and still maintain more diverse entertainment options here in H-town. I can go fishing for delicious croaker and flounder down in SeaWolf Park, take a personal canoe trip along Buffalo Bayou, go on different skyscrapers' observation decks to get some city views below, hit the downtown SCI-FI tunnels for a people-watching rush that's, ahem, decidedly non-touristy and eat at Savoy Restaurant...all the things I really couldn't do living in San Diego. Mountains and surfing ain't for me either, so it works out.

San Diego gets overtaken in population by...Dallas and San Antonio (of all places) recently. Now San Diego is number 9 when hitherto it was 7 not too long ago.

Meanwhile fast-growing Houston sucks so bad that it keeps sucking up all those California licensed-vehicles I see here all over.

Jealous of what again?

[sdurbanite]

Originally Posted by worldlyman

If it were not for irrelevant La Jolla views and the 70ish year round weather...San Diego would be an even cheaper place than Houston.

The economy of scale you brag about have no bearing on real life. Fact: My quality of living here in Houston is BETTER than it ever was in San Diego. San Diego is overpriced because of its weather and certain Pacific views.

I repeat, my quality of living here in Houston is BETTER than it ever was in San Diego.

I've got more money left over for savings, gas and entertainment than I ever did in Southern California. And as I've said, Houston's got better and more restaurants, better bars, superior cultural attractions and a more diverse INTEGRATED population than San Diego County and Orange County together. I'd rather be proud of the Menil Collection (once rated 2nd best art museum by none other than that sack rag Travel & Leisure) than the Big Mouse. While there's no denying the great San Diego Zoo...the Houston Zoo is still rated a top 10 US zoo.

College degrees? Okaay. Yet the foreign consulates are here in Houston. The Fortune 500 companies are in Houston. The 6th largest global airport system is here in Houston with both Hobby Airport and Intercon (living in San Diego, always had to drive to L.A. to get passengers returning from the Philippines...ah, S.D.'s "airport"). Houston's got the leading medical industry, is the energy capital of the world...yet it takes a city of ignoramuses to achieve those. Houston's the number one US city in international shipping, yet...

College degrees? And San Diego makes its industry primarily from what now? Cruise ships, military spending...and souvenir kiosks? Percentage of who's got college degrees? Like San Diego's been known for having real jobs. I guess the hospitality business could use 'em.

Here's the kicker, the developments going on here are far more than stale tourist-oriented San Diego. I actually get a kick out of H-town and its constant re-defining and re-invention. In San Diego? Umm. Same old tourist traps. In Houston, the BEST things to do aren't bundled up in cliched packaged vacation districts. The way things move around here are what makes this a truly interesting city.

If that's "Wal-Mart" to you, then go keep your over-priced plastic paradise. On the other hand, I've more money to keep...and still maintain more diverse entertainment options here in H-town.

San Diego gets overtaken in population by...Dallas and San Antonio (of all places) recently. Now San Diego is number 9 when hitherto it was 7 not too long ago.

Meanwhile fast-growing Houston sucks so bad that it keeps sucking up all those California licensed-vehicles I see here all over.

Jealous of what again?

What a surprise? Same content, different way of saying it.....

Only Texans care about size, wouldn't you say? Does anyone really care that San Antonio and Dallas are bigger in population? And the reason why Texas cities are growing? Cheap, cheap, cheap.

Here's a homework assignment for you, in the Census link above, look up the differences in median household incomes for both Houston and SD to find out who's residents earn more.

Now how on earth could Houston ever become a tourist destination when there is nothing to see or do there except buy a cheap house and go to work?

Crime is bad and so are the schools. I'll give you one top honor of living in the ugliest major city in the country. How's that?

Now instead of trying (and I'm stressing the word, trying) to put down other cities in order to make Houston look better, you might wanna study that one page Houston tourist brochure a bit more so you can make a better argument as to why Houston should be mentioned alongside London, NYC and Tokyo as world class cities.

And if you try hard enough, you may just convince yourself that the Museum Districts' Health Museum is just as prestigious as The Getty, The Met, Prado, Lourve and Uffizi.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by sdurbanite

Now how on earth could Houston ever become a tourist destination when there is nothing to see or do there except buy a cheap house and go to work?

Crime is bad and so are the schools. I'll give you one top honor of living in the ugliest major city in the country. How's that?

That's just about the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a while. I don't think you know what you're talking about.

There are plenty of "cheap" areas around the country in which to live. There has to be more than that to keep people there (and keep more coming) to end up being the 4th largest US city. Even a good job market isn't enough, otherwise people would be leaving within 2-3 years after getting bored and fed up with the place.

And take a look at real estate prices in the desirable areas of the city limits in the larger Texas cities. Not what I would call cheap.

Originally Posted by sdurbanite

Now instead of trying (and I'm stressing the word, trying) to put down other cities in order to make Houston look better....

But it's okay for you to do it about Houston? Because I remember seeing several similar posts of yours.