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Originally posted by Taualumna
The bulk of Asian immigrants haven't been around for 100+ years. Most came after WWII or later, when immigrant laws were a little more relaxed.
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That depends on where one lives. You live in Canada, further east. I grew up in San Francisco. We had Chinese workers coming with the Gold Rush in 1848 and shortly after to build the railroads. The large West Coast (and I mean on the water with shipping ports) cities have a very rich tradition with older families from Asia. It was a matter of geography, most of the ships stopped at Angel Island for immigration purposes. We have Chinatwon, Japantown, Little Manila, and so on with historical landmarked buildings that survived the 1906 earthquake.
It all varies with a frame of reference.