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I agree with "WeWannaGetLoaded." One thing that also helps SF is the R&D friendly California state government with its massive resources and a determined, youthful governor. California is starting to think of itself as a nation-state, which will only further the growth of the homegrown tech industry, while being open to immigration and trade (federal limitations withstanding).
If you're not Chinese-American, please refrain from explaining or trying to convince a person who identifies as such how they should feel about a particular place. That is this person's lived experience and we should respect that. It's problematic, no matter how well intentioned if we get defensive and start talking about oh the data shows Seattle is diverse or good luck finding another place that meets your criteria. We're all different and lived experience is important. Seattle is a lovely city, but I can understand the person's perspective as a person of color myself. Now, back to the topic at hand - will Seattle be more dominant this SF in the future?
I repped you. I agree with this post in that it's annoying when people in other races try to speak for, well other races. You've never walked a mile in their shoes so show some empathy. It's like certain southerners saying "nobody asks me about church" or "no, no racists here."
I've always thought of Seattle as pretty Asian-friendly. Have to consider and accept that most of USA (and Canada) is ethnically very white and will be for quite some time, and there are only a few pockets of the continent with significant Asian populations, primarily in coastal California, Vancouver, and some suburbs of Toronto, New York, Boston and yes...Bellevue in Seattle. So it's no demerit to any city that doesn't have strong concentrations of Asian influence, the immigration patterns just did not come into place for that to happen. It's actually already quite noteworthy we have such large centers of Asian populations... you won't find many large centers of European populations in China or other Asian countries.
I also really like ethnic diversity in a city and that doesn't just mean to escape from predominantly European-origin peoples (and not implying anyone in this thread wishes that at all). I just find a monoculture quite boring to live in and having a smattering of different cultures brings a part of the whole world to your home, which is probably why I can't really live in a NA city long term that isn't one of the ones listed above.
As for the thread itself I think the question is answered: Seattle will not overtake SF in a long, long time.
Seattle has had a lot of catching up to do. I'm vaguely recalling that King County (central half of metro) was about 5% Asian (any birthplace) in 1990. The 2017 Census ACS had it at 17.4%...a lot of growth but way below the SF area.
Of that, 4.9% were Chinese in 2017...maybe that's the more relevant number here.
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