Chinatown, Houston
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Houston, Texas has two Chinatowns.
Old Chinatown is located downtown near the George R. Brown Convention Center. Containing several well-known Asian restaurants, such as the Kim Son, Old Chinatown is where the original Chinese immigrants settled in the early 1900s. The land is still mostly owned by Chinese Americans that have been in the States for many generations. Most of them are old Cantonese families.
New Chinatown is located west of Bellaire in the Alief subregion along Bellaire Boulevard between Gessner and Dairy Ashford. Simply called "Chinatown," this Chinatown is mostly Chinese, although a growing amount of Vietnamese live there as well. Chinese Mexicans also settled the area. There are several Asian supermarkets such as Hong Kong Supermarket, Diho, Dynasty, and Welcome. Most of the Chinese here are Mandarin speakers. However, there is a large growing population of Cantonese and Taiwanese. Over a third of the business in this area is Vietnamese. This area resembles Monterey Park, California, a city near Los Angeles.
The Japanese of Houston are not concentrated in any one area of the city, and instead tend to live among many different middle class neighborhoods. Many Japanese in Houston are only here for business reasons, as the city is a major financial/corporate center, and stay for only about a year or two before returning to Japan.
Other Asian groups such as Middle Easterners, Filipino Americans, Indonesian Americans, and Thai Americans do not have their own ethnic enclaves of their own in the city, and they often settled together in Chinatowns. For example, a Filipino shop is right next to a Chinese movie theater.
[edit] External links
- Houston Chinatown - Information about Houston's Chinatown and Asian Culture
- Houston Chinatown Map - Map for the newer Chinatown on Bellaire Boulevard
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