Bay Area ethnic communities (Daly City, San Fernando: living in, restaurant, rich)

[tonym9428]

Originally Posted by Dave Coe

There are a lot of Punjabis in Fresno, Modesto, and Stockton. There's Pakistanis in Lodi.

The South Indians here are much more traditional and less assimilated. Their strong hindu beliefs and social values make it hard to integrate into American society. This is why a lot of the Indian communities in the midwest, east coast, and south are less traditional, more assimilated, and better communities

I say that as a S Indian from Kerala.

[Dave Coe]

This map shows the most common country of birth outside the U.S. in each Bay Area ZIP code
We explore where Bay Area's foreign-born residents come from. Hover or tap on map to view details.


https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects...-of-birth-map/

[Dave Coe]

Demographic Series: Bay Area
An analysis of the San Francisco Bay Area's racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic demographics


https://nickan.substack.com/p/demogr...um=reader2&s=r

[mr peanut]

I would not consider JAPAN TOWN as a Japanese community , they have some business but I dont think they actually live there? like how it is in Chinatown with Chinese people living there.


Japan town also has many Korean owned business , I think most of them commute from surrounding areas.

[apple92680]

At one point, there were a lot of Italians and Portuguese in Oakland.

When the Caldecott tunnel was built and the 24 was paved, a lot of them moved over to the Diablo Valley area (Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Concord, Martinez and Pittsburg.

[apple92680]

Originally Posted by silverkris

"Invaded" is kind of a charged word to describe Chinatown vis-a-vis North Beach and changing demographics. What really happened is that much of the Italian American population grew out and migrated to the suburbs, and there weren't any new Italian immigrants moving in to replace them. At the same time, there were still Chinese immigrants moving in to Chinatown and demand for space and businesses spilled over to North Beach. It's not like the Chinese people were directly/actively displacing Italians and gentrifying them.

Although, let's be honest. That does happen! Alhambra was a working class suburb of Los Angeles and it had a large Italian, Irish and Portuguese population up through the early 1990s.

Chinese immigrants started to buy a lot of real estate in the San Gabriel Valley and pushed the demand up. That forced a lot of the younger Italian, Irish and Portuguese families out to the Inland Empire (Upland, Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga, Norco, Temecula, Corona).

Same thing happened in San Marino, which went from being a very WASPish city to being majority-Chinese. The transition took a mere 15 years.

The South Bay region in LA County (Rancho Palos Verdes, Torrance, Rolling Hills) is currently experiencing the same shift.

Irvine, Tustin and Fountain Valley are going through similar transformations.

Real estate has become a popular place to park investments for people from PRC and cities in California have long had a bulls eye painted on them by foreign investors.

At this point, historically Latino working class people are also starting to feel the squeeze.

It has caused a lot of social upheaval and I think foreign investors should be banned or heavily taxed, quite frankly.

[garyjohnyang]

Originally Posted by apple92680

Although, let's be honest. That does happen! Alhambra was a working class suburb of Los Angeles and it had a large Italian, Irish and Portuguese population up through the early 1990s.

Chinese immigrants started to buy a lot of real estate in the San Gabriel Valley and pushed the demand up. That forced a lot of the younger Italian, Irish and Portuguese families out to the Inland Empire (Upland, Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga, Norco, Temecula, Corona).

Same thing happened in San Marino, which went from being a very WASPish city to being majority-Chinese. The transition took a mere 15 years.

The South Bay region in LA County (Rancho Palos Verdes, Torrance, Rolling Hills) is currently experiencing the same shift.

Irvine, Tustin and Fountain Valley are going through similar transformations.

Real estate has become a popular place to park investments for people from PRC and cities in California have long had a bulls eye painted on them by foreign investors.

At this point, historically Latino working class people are also starting to feel the squeeze.

It has caused a lot of social upheaval and I think foreign investors should be banned or heavily taxed, quite frankly.

San Marino is one of the wealthiest suburbs in all of California - not a particularly good example of a white community being displaced due to housing unaffordability. Ditto for PV, Torrance.

It is true that rising property values are an incentive for residents to sell, but that's a personal financial choice that isn't being forced on anyone.

[Dave Coe]

Ten maps that show where Asian American communities reside in the Bay Area


https://localnewsmatters.org/2022/08...-the-bay-area/

[Dave Coe]

Originally Posted by Dave Coe

This map shows the most common country of birth outside the U.S. in each Bay Area ZIP code
We explore where Bay Area's foreign-born residents come from. Hover or tap on map to view details.


https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects...-of-birth-map/

Top 10 countries of birth among foreign-born people in the Bay Area's nine counties, by estimated population
Bar chart of top 10 countries of birth among foreign-born people in the Bay Area's nine counties:


Mexico
692K
China*
323K
India
291K
Philippines
285K
Vietnam
173K
El Salvador
78K
Taiwan
64K
Hong Kong
58K
Korea
56K
Guatemala
43K


Source: American Community Survey 2019
The total for China excludes people from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

[SFBayBoomer]

Originally Posted by Dave Coe

Ten maps that show where Asian American communities reside in the Bay Area


https://localnewsmatters.org/2022/08...-the-bay-area/

Very interesting. Although I am not surprised, I am disappointed to have it verified that Japanese are only 3.2% of the population in the area mapped.