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which one would be the best? these three areas have the most asians, so i am curious to see which one most cd'ers would think be the best in terms of asian offerings, asian diversity, asian population, integration with the local population, etc. ?
NYC's Chinatown has shrunk considerably which to me signals more integration into the community. SF's is still quite large and I believe LA's is as well.
NYC's Chinatown has shrunk considerably which to me signals more integration into the community. SF's is still quite large and I believe LA's is as well.
No.
The Bay Area and Los Angeles have entire suburban towns dominated by Chinese people and Asians for quite a long time now.
Its funny that some would think that SF, the first city outside of Asia to have a Chinatown, would to this day, be the only place where Chinese people in SF live.
Umm, question is sort of vague. Without anything separating it out more, this thread will just have people voting for their favorite city out of the three.
What does "Asian offerings" mean? Restaurants? Social groups? Etc?
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA (11.6% of the total population)
Total: 2,031,415
Asian Indian: 143,438
Bangladeshi: 4,270
Cambodian: 41,195
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese): 491,802
Filipino: 471,586
Hmong: 3,742
Indonesian: 18,660
Japanese: 156,541
Korean: 297,147
Laotian: 9,958
Malaysian: 1,467
Pakistani: 14,081
Sri Lankan: 6,078
Thai: 30,305
Vietnamese: 274,198
Other Asian: 52,984
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA (8.4% of the total population)
Total: 1,846,474
Asian Indian: 552,547
Bangladeshi: 36,670
Cambodian: 5,229
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese): 630,158
Filipino: 204,359
Hmong: 153
Indonesian: 5,416
Japanese: 49,896
Korean: 197,860
Laotian: 2,228
Malaysian: 2,273
Pakistani: 56,392
Sri Lankan: 5,678
Thai: 8,778
Vietnamese: 42,190
Other Asian: 31,506
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland CA, CSA (21.5% of the total population)
Total: 1,543,119
Asian Indian: 214,627
Bangladeshi: 1,092
Cambodian: 12,600
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese): 540,131
Filipino: 364,306
Hmong: 2,088
Indonesian: 5,065
Japanese: 75,603
Korean: 70,637
Laotian: 13,348
Malaysian: 615
Pakistani: 9,599
Sri Lankan: 1,395
Thai: 8,847
Vietnamese: 174,085
Other Asian: 39,206
Integration with the local population? Well, that could mean a lot of things.
Honestly, all 3 are pretty good in their offerings. That's why my theory is that it's just going to come down to which one is your favorite city without very many people going into too much depth into what they offer. And no, having a good Chinatown isn't a good indicator of everything a city could offer an Asian American.
The irony is that this means that the LA area, with the largest amount of Asians and the most Asian diversity, will probably be blown out of the poll.
The Bay Area and Los Angeles have entire suburban towns dominated by Chinese people and Asians for quite a long time now.
Well, so has the NYC area now. There are towns like Palisades Park, Leonia, Edison, Plainsboro, Iselin, etc. etc. that are strewn about the metro area now that are dominated by Asian people. However, these towns, unlike many of the towns in the LA and Bay Area that are dominated by Asians, towns out there are usually dominated by one Asian nationality to a much larger extent than LA and the Bay Area.
For every place like Monterey Park or Westminster (in LA area), or Daly City and Sunnyvale (in the Bay Area), there are places like Cerritos, Irvine, Union City and Milpitas to even things out a bit that don't exist as much in the NY area.
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Originally Posted by LakeShoreSoxGo
What is an Asian offering?
I don't know either. Hell, people can't seem to agree what constitutes "Asian" and "Not Asian" never mind what the heck an "offering" is.
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