What city has the best represented Pacific Islander culture? (fit in, restaurants)
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...Besides Hawaii, but you can count it if you wish. What is a US city where it feels like you’re on a tropic island?
I never been to it, but I heard Salt Lake City has a big Tongan and Samoan population, and some parts of it feel like a mountainous, snowy version of Polynesia, and Long Beach also has a big Samoan population.
But I have never been to a major city where I felt there was a big PI community, although I guess I see a few in my hometown, Santa Rosa, mostly Fijian and the occasional Hawaiian and Samoan, and I may have felt a presence of them in Daly City/San Bruno areas.
Also I believe I noticed a Samoan community in Seattle and I have seen a few who looked it
Now I feel like Samoan food. I am not Polynesian but it’s nice to have a community nearby.
...Besides Hawaii, but you can count it if you wish. What is a US city where it feels like you’re on a tropic island?
I never been to it, but I heard Salt Lake City has a big Tongan and Samoan population, and some parts of it feel like a mountainous, snowy version of Polynesia, and Long Beach also has a big Samoan population.
But I have never been to a major city where I felt there was a big PI community, although I guess I see a few in my hometown, Santa Rosa, mostly Fijian and the occasional Hawaiian and Samoan, and I may have felt a presence of them in Daly City/San Bruno areas.
Also I believe I noticed a Samoan community in Seattle and I have seen a few who looked it
Now I feel like Samoan food. I am not Polynesian but it’s nice to have a community nearby.
Well, the census bureau says that on the mainland, the Bay Area, LA and Seattle have the most Pacific Islanders. Salt Lake and Sacramento also have 20,000+
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Population, 2019
50,326 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
47,749 Los Angeles-Long Beach
37,447 Seattle-Tacoma
28,096 Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem
21,880 Sacramento-Roseville
16,985 Las Vegas-Henderson
14,683 Portland-Vancouver-Salem
12,468 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
10,635 Phoenix-Mesa
8,006 Dallas-Fort Worth
5,072 Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City
4,467 New York-Newark
4,165 Atlanta-Athens-Clark County-Sandy Springs
4,012 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
3,483 Houston-The Woodlands
3,464 Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene
3,402 Fresno-Madera-Hanford
3,074 Reno-Carson City-Fernley
2,996 Denver-Aurora
2,707 Miami-Port St Lucie-Fort Lauderdale
2,673 Boston-Worcester-Providence
2,607 San Antonio-New Braunfels
2,561 Chicago-Naperville
2,529 Philadelphia-Reading-Camden
1,980 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater
1,789 Little Rock-North Little Rock
1,599 Tucson-Nogales
1,552 Gainesville-Spartanburg-Anderson
1,450 Fayetteville-Sanford-Lumberton
1,243 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro
1,223 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
1,381 Gainesville-Lake City
1,309 Virginia Beach-Norfolk
1,211 Lexington-Fayette-Richmond
1,157 Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor
1,058 Minneapolis-St Paul
1,045 Boise-Mountain Home-Ontario
Well, the census bureau says that on the mainland, the Bay Area, LA and Seattle have the most Pacific Islanders. Salt Lake and Sacramento also have 20,000+
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Population, 2019
50,326 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
47,749 Los Angeles-Long Beach
37,447 Seattle-Tacoma
28,096 Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem
21,880 Sacramento-Roseville
16,985 Las Vegas-Henderson
14,683 Portland-Vancouver-Salem
12,468 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
10,635 Phoenix-Mesa
8,006 Dallas-Fort Worth
5,072 Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City
4,467 New York-Newark
4,165 Atlanta-Athens-Clark County-Sandy Springs
4,012 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
3,483 Houston-The Woodlands
3,464 Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene
3,402 Fresno-Madera-Hanford
3,074 Reno-Carson City-Fernley
2,996 Denver-Aurora
2,707 Miami-Port St Lucie-Fort Lauderdale
2,673 Boston-Worcester-Providence
2,607 San Antonio-New Braunfels
2,561 Chicago-Naperville
2,529 Philadelphia-Reading-Camden
1,980 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater
1,789 Little Rock-North Little Rock
1,599 Tucson-Nogales
1,552 Gainesville-Spartanburg-Anderson
1,450 Fayetteville-Sanford-Lumberton
1,243 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro
1,223 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
1,381 Gainesville-Lake City
1,309 Virginia Beach-Norfolk
1,211 Lexington-Fayette-Richmond
1,157 Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor
1,058 Minneapolis-St Paul
1,045 Boise-Mountain Home-Ontario
Well sure but it is more than just numbers. Where is a place where you’ll feel the culture or see PI people represented in facets of society, and have good restaurants? But I guess some of those top no places may be it.
I don't think there's enough Islanders anywhere for them to 'make' the place, but it's always been my sense that in California the Islanders very much fit into the local mix.
Well, the census bureau says that on the mainland, the Bay Area, LA and Seattle have the most Pacific Islanders. Salt Lake and Sacramento also have 20,000+
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Population, 2019
50,326 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
47,749 Los Angeles-Long Beach
37,447 Seattle-Tacoma
28,096 Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem
21,880 Sacramento-Roseville
16,985 Las Vegas-Henderson
14,683 Portland-Vancouver-Salem
12,468 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
10,635 Phoenix-Mesa
8,006 Dallas-Fort Worth
5,072 Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City
4,467 New York-Newark
4,165 Atlanta-Athens-Clark County-Sandy Springs
4,012 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
3,483 Houston-The Woodlands
3,464 Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene
3,402 Fresno-Madera-Hanford
3,074 Reno-Carson City-Fernley
2,996 Denver-Aurora
2,707 Miami-Port St Lucie-Fort Lauderdale
2,673 Boston-Worcester-Providence
2,607 San Antonio-New Braunfels
2,561 Chicago-Naperville
2,529 Philadelphia-Reading-Camden
1,980 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater
1,789 Little Rock-North Little Rock
1,599 Tucson-Nogales
1,552 Gainesville-Spartanburg-Anderson
1,450 Fayetteville-Sanford-Lumberton
1,243 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro
1,223 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
1,381 Gainesville-Lake City
1,309 Virginia Beach-Norfolk
1,211 Lexington-Fayette-Richmond
1,157 Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor
1,058 Minneapolis-St Paul
1,045 Boise-Mountain Home-Ontario
Per capita Seattle is at the top.
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