Boston's Chinatown is getting smaller and smaller. With more and more new developments being built, Chinatown natives are being pushed out. How much longer until it disappears completely?
Its changed so much, my parents used to take us grocery shopping every weekend. Even from when i was there for college its was changing, still some shops i thought would never go away. I miss east ocean city, and really miss the second floor eatery. There was one shop run by a old couple, they spoke every asian language i swear. Not only did she have the best chowfun at the cheapest price, she let me pratice my Cambodian away from home. Great video, thanks for the trip don memory lane.
Chinatown started to change at the time the mass turnpike came through it. We use to know most of the families that live there. Now the families that have money moved west into Brookline, Newton and Wellesley. Rest moved south into Quincy, north into Medford and Malden.
40 plus years ago my dad would drive us into Chinatown from Central mass for dim sum and to hit the Chinese grocery stores. we used to go to dynasty, the imperial teahouse, or chau chau city and then go to the market next to ho toy noodle co. in essex street. I've been living in boston the last 25 years and it's sad to see it shrinking. thankfully Winsor and great taste bakery are still around
Today is the 1st time I visited Boston Chinatown in 2 yrs. I was shocked to find that Eldo’s gone. My dad used to hang out there with his friends. Now both my dad & Eldo r gone. 😔
There used to be a lot of gift shops that carried a lot of cultural items and Asian movies. But you don't really see much anymore except shops that sells anime items.
@@williamchy7817 it really is! Makes it hard to justify driving into Boston when there's more parking, Chinese restaurants, and grocery stores just a few miles away. Thanks for watching!
1882 the Chinese Exclusion Act still in existence in many aspects of the US society. The law might have been abolished, do you truly believe you are included?
I never thought gentrification was occuring in Chinatown. I figured it just happens in the hood, such as Roxbury & the Southend. I still see a lot of older Chinese people on the Silver Line going up Washington. So the area hasn't entirely lost it's character. But I must say, Quincy is very nice and my favorite suburb
@@jamesbrown9721 I always refer to Quincy as the second Chinatown in MA along with Malden now, but there's just something special about Boston's Chinatown that can't be replaced. Thanks for watching!
@@roguenoir I would say it has unofficially moved to Quincy. While there's a Super 88 Market in Allston, most restaurants and their patrons are Korean. Thanks for watching!
Hi there! I actually had to Google the image of how the CCP flag looks like because I don't recall seeing it before. From my personal experience, I haven't seen it around. Thanks for watching!
I never see anyone displaying a CCP flag around Boston. I used to go to Boston Chinatown every weekend in the 90s (for dim sum, church, and visits to grandma and great grandma) and lived in Beacon Hill in the late 80s. I also don’t go there these days. It just feels different going there these days (more traffic, less place to park for free), and more Asian restaurants and businesses are opening in the neighborhoods that eliminate the need to go to Chinatown and hang out, especially in Quincy and Malden (there’s like no Asian businesses in Malden back then)... I also attended Chinese school for three years to learn Chinese writing, and we would go parading around Chinatown with Taiwan flags. I guess that there is a lot of hatred against China and CCP that makes family awkward to display them.
@simontang1282 I resonate with everything you just said. Cities with large Chinese populations such as Quincy and Malden basically provide everything Chinatown does without the hassle of dealing with traffic and parking. I do miss the nostalgia our little Chinatown brings, and I hope it doesn't disappear completely. Thank you so much for watching!
I do missed the old Boston Chinatown. I used to go to Chinatown every weekend for groceries, dim sum at China Pearl, hanging out with friends, playing basketball. Those were in the 80s
@derricktruong2760 Those were the days! I used to buy a $2 banh mi from the stall beneath dai pai dong after a day of basketball. Unfortunately, those days are long gone. Thanks for watching!
