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Sad-Principle3781 t1_j5ht9mv wrote

Do asian people still live in manhattan Chinatown anymore? Any new immigrants? Every year it seems more tourists and mainstream

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Rob_T_Firefly t1_j5i6zpl wrote

You're thinking of Manhattan's Little Italy which is basically the Epcot tourist-trap version of Italian these days.

Manhattan's Chinatown is still firmly Chinese because the Chinese-American community own their buildings and aren't selling them out to tourist traps. Meanwhile, there's a steady stream of new Chinese immigrants settling there who keep the place populated.

Here's a good article about it.

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Sad-Principle3781 t1_j5ig9y3 wrote

I mean that article is from 2015. Yea, I heard that new immigrants are arriving, but the place is way more disneyland than ten years ago from both the types of stores and the kind of people visiting. Also COVID must've done a number on the neighborhood.

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barbozas_obliques t1_j5mc37q wrote

Younger Asian Americans are moving out, unfortunately. However, there is still a big representation by the older asian community. The new wave of Asian immigrants are moving to the other Chinatowns in other boroughs.

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