im going to be traveling to los angeles. is chinatown there worth going to? is san diegos better?

7/17/2006 10:38:53 PM

chinatown in LA is a joke

and San Diego doesn't have one

7/17/2006 10:52:03 PM

san fran has the best

7/17/2006 10:55:26 PM

I know but its a long way from LA, I'm going to be in LA on business but I love asian cultures

7/17/2006 10:56:03 PM

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[Edited on July 17, 2006 at 10:58 PM. Reason : forgot about a certain azn chick who I like that might read that]

7/17/2006 10:57:07 PM

You can see all of it in like 20 mins, it's about 3 blocks.

7/17/2006 10:59:15 PM

so are most non new york chinatowns. this isn't china.

7/17/2006 11:01:05 PM

i've been to chinatown in NYC

i saw a naked woman standing in alley and played a chicken in tic-tac-toe

7/17/2006 11:06:48 PM

NY Manhattan Chinatown sucks too, Flushing is much better.

7/17/2006 11:08:54 PM

out of all the 'chinatowns' i've been to, it was the worst.

7/17/2006 11:08:55 PM

DC's is pretty fucking lame

7/17/2006 11:11:18 PM

^that's right. Rockville, MD is much better but a little more spread out.

7/17/2006 11:12:34 PM

DC's sucks, but it's actually better than LA's

7/17/2006 11:15:26 PM

I don't believe it

7/17/2006 11:18:23 PM

^^i've noticed everything in every city seems to "suck" to you

[Edited on July 17, 2006 at 11:18 PM. Reason : wait]

7/17/2006 11:18:25 PM

You could only understand his hatred if you lived there most of your life like we had. It burns you out, but otherwise its a pretty cool city.

7/17/2006 11:20:02 PM

Back to the point of this thread, yes LA chinatown sucks--really sucks.

Little Taipei in Monterey Park is much better, more spread out though.

So to summarize;
Flushing>NYC
Rockville>DC
Monterey>LA

Reason: More Taiwanese than Chinese

[Edited on July 17, 2006 at 11:41 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on July 17, 2006 at 11:45 PM. Reason : check out Rowland Heights too--if you want good food when you go to LA.]

7/17/2006 11:35:45 PM

I wasn't hating on DC or LA

I like both cities a lot actually- they are cool places to visit and I always enjoy myself whenever I am there

As far as Chinatowns go, the best ones I've been to were in San Fran, New York, and Boston

LA's was a pretty big let down considering:

A) LA is the second biggest city in the country
B) LA has a huge amount of chinese immigrants
C) It failed to meet my own standards of what a good chinatown should be

7/17/2006 11:41:09 PM

Finally a thread where UjustWait can post as needed.

7/17/2006 11:41:51 PM

If you blink you miss the one in DC.
I didn't like NY Chinatown.
I've been the one the in Honolulu, and don't really like it. Everything closes at five.
San Francisco is the best.

7/17/2006 11:58:54 PM

Well, think of it this way.

There's "Chinatown", in Manhattan.

And then there's the "United Sino-Korean States of New York", in Flushing. Seriously, you can go there and not see a white person anywhere in line of sight—it's fucking awesome.

(I'm Chinese, by the way.)

7/18/2006 12:15:40 AM

Quote :

"Flushing>NYC"

Also is the chopshop capital of NYC. They are planning some really nice redevelopment in Flushing too..

7/18/2006 1:29:57 AM