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Lets look at Urban Areas since there seems to be the argument that there is too much of an imbalance between DC and Boston. The population difference between the two is 600,000 in DCs favor.
There are 180,000 more foreign born Asians in the DC urban area than the Boston urban area.
Here is East Asia by foreign born population.
Washington DC: 133,827
Boston: 131,651
China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan)
Boston: 99,142
Washington DC: 61,337
Hong Kong
Boston: 6,475
Washington DC: 4,380
Taiwan
Washington DC: 10,473
Boston: 5,336
Japan
Washington DC: 7,290
Boston: 6,336
Korea
Washington DC: 48,055
Boston: 13,307
Other East Asia
Washington DC: 2,022
Boston: 1,278
Now for Southeast Asia
Washington DC: 114,411 ​
Boston: 56,287
Cambodia
Boston: 8,926
Washington DC: 5,273
Philippines
Washington DC: 38,107
Boston: 10,210
Thailand
Washington DC: 8,163
Boston: 4,661
Vietnam
Washington DC: 51,238
Boston: 26,426
Really there are two areas Boston stands out over DC:
Mainland Chinese population
More urban enclave experience
Everything else is in favor of the DC area. It has a larger community, concentration, and pulls more people from more countries.
Filipinos are by far the biggest overlapping interracial marriage group from Asia in general both for white and black. This both holds cultural reasons (Filipinos are generally more open + Catholic dominance) and economic reasons (a bigger will to leave for better opportunities).
I believe this is pretty different than East Asian behavior. Both statistically and anecdotally.
Lets look at Urban Areas since there seems to be the argument that there is too much of an imbalance between DC and Boston. The population difference between the two is 600,000 in DCs favor.
There are 180,000 more foreign born Asians in the DC urban area than the Boston urban area.
Here is East Asia by foreign born population.
Washington DC: 133,827
Boston: 131,651
China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan)
Boston: 99,142
Washington DC: 61,337
Hong Kong
Boston: 6,475
Washington DC: 4,380
Taiwan
Washington DC: 10,473
Boston: 5,336
Japan
Washington DC: 7,290
Boston: 6,336
Korea
Washington DC: 48,055
Boston: 13,307
Other East Asia
Washington DC: 2,022
Boston: 1,278
Really there are two areas Boston stands out over DC:
Mainland Chinese population
More urban enclave experience
Everything else is in favor of the DC area. It has a larger community, concentration, and pulls more people from more countries.
Overall, the data points to DC.
"Larger community"..
Here is East Asia by foreign born population.
Washington DC: 133,827
Boston: 131,651
Cmon son...
The concentration of East Asians is greater in Boston as well.
Ive gone ahead and removed all the non-East Asian nations for you.
Disagree completely. "Mecca" is irrelevant to visitors. A Mecca is for the benefit and concentration people from that group. Otherwise, we would consider Epcot at Disney a Mecca because all the country pavilions are from people from the specific country and they serve food from that country.
Anything visitors get from an enclave is just bonus, but their presence is irrelevant to what it means to be a Mecca. Its all about the people from the country in question.
Wouldn't a Mecca at least be relevant to visitors that belong to the ingroup? So an East Asian mecca would matter quite a lot how East Asian visitors domestically or abroad who pass through that area? Thats more aligned with the literal city of Mecca which is a pretty small city... The metro pop of Mecca is like .1% of the world's Muslim population yet at least a good ?100-200? million have been there on Hajj
Wouldn't a Mecca at least be relevant to visitors that belong to the ingroup? So an East Asian mecca would matter quite a lot how East Asian visitors domestically or abroad who pass through that area? Thats more aligned with the literal city of Mecca which is a pretty small city... The metro pop of Mecca is like .1% of the world's Muslim population yet at least a good ?100-200? million have been there on Hajj
I would agree.
BUT
I'd assume DC gets more Asian visitors because it's the capital of the United States and DC gets way more visitors in general.
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"Larger community"..
Here is East Asia by foreign born population.
Washington DC: 133,827
Boston: 131,651
Cmon son...
The concentration of East Asians is greater in Boston as well.
Ive gone ahead and removed all the non-East Asian nations for you too.
I see 3 advantages for Boston. 1 for DC (Variety)
Lol now all of a sudden the numbers don't mean what they are? You're hilarious man. I'll say it's close overall between the two. Boston does well with East Asian diversity, but in the aggregate the DC area edges it out. With the rest of Asia included, they're probably in two entirely different tiers.
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Lets look at Urban Areas since there seems to be the argument that there is too much of an imbalance between DC and Boston. The population difference between the two is 600,000 in DCs favor.
There are 180,000 more foreign born Asians in the DC urban area than the Boston urban area.
Here is East Asia by foreign born population.
Washington DC: 133,827
Boston: 131,651
China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan)
Boston: 99,142
Washington DC: 61,337
Hong Kong
Boston: 6,475
Washington DC: 4,380
Taiwan
Washington DC: 10,473
Boston: 5,336
Japan
Washington DC: 7,290
Boston: 6,336
Korea
Washington DC: 48,055
Boston: 13,307
Other East Asia
Washington DC: 2,022
Boston: 1,278
Now for Southeast Asia
Washington DC: 114,411 ​
Boston: 56,287
Cambodia
Boston: 8,926
Washington DC: 5,273
Philippines
Washington DC: 38,107
Boston: 10,210
Thailand
Washington DC: 8,163
Boston: 4,661
Vietnam
Washington DC: 51,238
Boston: 26,426
Really there are two areas Boston stands out over DC:
Mainland Chinese population
More urban enclave experience
Everything else is in favor of the DC area. It has a larger community, concentration, and pulls more people from more countries.
Overall, the data points to DC.
Numbers don't lie. I still don't get the point of even calling DC out on this. Better off pointing to another city that can't back up it's diversity.
Lol now all of a sudden the numbers don't mean what they are? You're hilarious man. I'll say it's close overall between the two. Boston does well with East Asian diversity, but in the aggregate the DC area edges it out. With the rest of Asia included, they're probably in two entirely different tiers.
2,000 people? No, that doesn't mean anything to me. That's too firmly within the margin of error, and in looking at trends- Boston would be ahead in 2021.
Anyways I lived in Boston, I've spent much much time in DC, worked in DC. It's not the same in regards to East Asian presence, it's just not. Mostly due to the colleges in Boston.
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