Zaad Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Hi, Why is it that a foreign city would be happy, better yet feel the need for having a so called 'Chinatown'? Tourism?...think about Paris, Amsterdam, Chicago, San Francisco, Bangkok, ... I'm sure it's a loooong list. Anybody know about the existance of similar towns? Siamtown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Mai kao jai. Do you mean ethnic enclaves in different cities around the world? If so, most cities in the States have this: Detroit (my hometown) has Greektown, Poletown, Mexican Village and Hmongtown (kinda) . Miami used to have Little Havana (now LH is the whole bloody town LOL!). There's a "Chinatown" in Las Vegas, but it really is Asiatown as all Asians are represented there (tho' the Vietnamese dominate). New York has a whole bunch. Many others... Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaad Posted January 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Mai kao jai. Do you mean ethnic enclaves in different cities around the world? That's exactly what I mean. I had trouble wording my thoughts. I had never heard about any other town than Chinatown until your post above (Greektown, Poletown : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markle Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 There is nothing new to this, Ancient Rome had the Latin quarter. There is an officially designated Thaitown in LA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Hi Zaad, in LA there's a small Thai town, next to the famous Chinese Movie Theatre of whatever it is, where all these hands are printed in cement. All street names are apparently in Thai and English. NYC, Little Italy....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 "Why is it that a foreign city would be happy, better yet feel the need for having a so called 'Chinatown'? Tourism?...think about Paris, Amsterdam, Chicago, San Francisco, Bangkok, ... " In most cases, the tourism is just part of it. At least in San Francisco, behind the tourist facade, there actually is a real Chinatown. Ride the 30 Stockton bus on an early Saturday morning and it is pretty close to China. : TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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