Which of these cities have the best Chinatown?

[Kobe25]

Project, The first Chinatowns in America were started on the Westcoast after the Gold rush.Plus California has the highest Asian population in the country by far.

San Francisco & Los Angeles have the most famous Chinatowns in America, Plus California's location in the Pacific gives it an advantage in being close to Asia.

I don't doubt Vancouver or Toronto doesn't have great Chinatowns, But out West it's part of the culture in California.

San Francisco Chinatown is number 1 in America easily.

[dacoolguy]

Out of the poll the OP listed Chicago and Seattle has the best Chinatowns...USA Today agrees.
10 best Chinatowns across the USA

For those that never been to Vancouver their Chinatown is one of the best Chinatowns in the world.

[projectmaximus]

Originally Posted by Kobe25

Project, The first Chinatowns in America were started on the Westcoast after the Gold rush.Plus California has the highest Asian population in the country by far.

San Francisco & Los Angeles have the most famous Chinatowns in America, Plus California's location in the Pacific gives it an advantage in being close to Asia.

I don't doubt Vancouver or Toronto doesn't have great Chinatowns, But out West it's part of the culture in California.

San Francisco Chinatown is number 1 in America easily.

I guess you've never been to Toronto or Vancouver.

[projectmaximus]

I'm not saying that the Canadian cities are better, just that you can't possibly think it's not even close. All four can make reasonable claims for a title.

Besides starting a few decades sooner, SF and LA lose out in most statistical categories to their northern counterparts. And I was the guy who fought for LA in this thread...but just being fair to all the cities here.

[prospectheightsresident]

While I haven't been to every city on that list, I did live in Honolulu for 3.5 years recently. Honolulu's Chinatown is rather small and increasingly shrinking in size due to gentrification. Thus while I don't know what should be "next" on the list, I'd be shocked if it was Honolulu.

[svelten]

Pretty clearly LA. Better poll would be what's #6 where it becomes a lot bigger of a question mark.

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by edwardsyzzurphands

I agree with your Big 4. One glaring ommision from your list though is Boston, which has the third largest Chinatown in the country after NYC and SF.

This.

[ccm123]

I’d say that Los Angeles does.

[mhays25]

I'd guess LA but don't know enough to vote.

Definitely not Seattle. The International District / Chinatown area (which is really a lot of Asian cultures, including Little Saigon across I-5) is a good area for restaurants and groceries but too many lots are underdeveloped, several buildings are empty upstairs, and it's generally a downtrodden area. It's been infilling but slowly.