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[edit] Largest Chinatown in NAm
The vancouver page says vancouver has the second largest chinatown in NAm. Xoliswa 15:56, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Just wondering, how does one quantify the size of a Chinatown? Randwicked 16:47, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
I always thought the largest was San Francisco Chinatown, but apparently that was surpassed by Chinatown, Manhattan, which was surpassed by Flushing, New York. --Vgedris 14:42, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Like the world city article, it's all based on subjectivity. If you're from New York City, of course you'll say Manhattan's Chinatown is the best and largest (no one likes to see their city as second-rate). If you're from Singapore, you'll boast Singapore's Chinatown is the largest, and people from London will claim their Chinatown is the greatest, and so on and so on. Don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia. At least not yet. A resident of NYC will downplay the historic value of San Francisco's Chinatown. As an example, see this edit of that article [1]
To determine the size of Chinatown, probably look at a couple of factors, including the amount of businesses, number of blocks a Chinatown comprises, and population as well as overall influence it has on a particular city (Chinatown is the tourist and cultural selling point in San Francisco). One should probably examine how new secondary "Chinatowns" in other inner-city districts or suburbs are affecting size and influence of an old urban Chinatown.
[edit] "Highway 7, and the List of Chinatowns"
I've renamed the "Richmond Hill" Chinatown as "Highway 7 (Richmond Hill and Markham)" since the eastern and southern portions of "between Bayview and Warden" are in Markham.
This stretch of Hwy 7 is 6 km long, and it's hardly a "continuous Chinatown," so I'd like to hear from someone that believes that this should be classified into two distinct Chinatowns if they have any evidence with them. Someone who worked on the List of Chinatowns article either believes that they ARE separate entities, or simply went along with the format of listing them by municipality even when certain Chinatowns grow regardless of municipal boundaries. That being said, I should probably check that list again as well... (The Lake Effect 08:20, 21 August 2006 (UTC))
