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Originally posted by aurora_borealis
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.
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You can say the same about Vancouver, BC and probably Calgary, AB as well. However, many Asians in Vancouver are also recent immigrants. Those with the $$$$$ are almost always from Hong Kong, immigrants who came during the wave in the 1980s. The Greater Toronto Area has a population of 3 or so million, and about 300,000 (I think...it's in the hundred thousands) are Chinese. We have 5 Chinatowns.