San Francisco's China Town...The oldest and biggest china town outside Asia. A chinese friend tells me that the people in here have stuck to the old traditions rigorously (many of which have been abandoned in mainland China nowadays). For example, Taishanese is spoken here which is almost extinct even in Mainland china
Massive unemployment in the 'Panic of 1873' caused the US government to pass the Chinese exclusion act, which prohibited Chinese immigration. This was repealed during WWII when China was recognized as an ally. Since then, this ChinaTown has only grown
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I was so overwhelmed by the yellow that I just *had* to take a photo. The gentleman was shocked/stunned to look up at a camera lens peering at him.
The Muni's F-Line