Asian Life in San Francisco | Asian American Poll

ASIAN LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO
(Updated Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025, 06:39:10 AM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Which San Francisco Bay area offers the best environment for Asian Americans?
Downtown SF | 47%
East Bay | 31%
Marin County | 8%
South San Francisco | 14%

What's the best thing about living in the San Francisco Bay area?
Breathtaking Scenic Beauty | 40%
Clean Air | 19%
Lots of Fine Chinese Restaurants | 15%
Asians Everywhere | 18%
Great Universities, Skiing and Wine | 8%

What's the worst thing about living in the San Francisco Bay area?
No Summer Weather | 12%
Perpetual Gridlock | 40%
Too Crowded with Asians | 1%
Shortage of Decent Housing | 47%

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Steve:
Yeah. Telecommuting. That's why tech companies all cluster into certain neighborhoods, even though "telecommuting" is making face-to-face contact a thing of the past.
T.H. Lien Thursday, March 07, 2002 at 21:57:22 (PST)

asians were prohibited from buying homes in marin county until relatively recently. but i think now there are some chinese people living there--i know there's the one family with a human-size buddha in their living room.
penelope Thursday, March 07, 2002 at 17:52:00 (PST)

"Well maybe, I wouldn't know about it because I know nothing of these places."

In other words, you just pick some city in the Bay that conveniently proves your point, yet I choose some places down south, and you say "you know nothing of these places." Who's argument is weak now? Numbers don't lie. You haven't come up with any good reasoning to prove your "mass exodus from the Bay to LA."

"The bottom line is the Bay Area, SF and Silicon Valley suck and LA has it all."

So, what's your definition of SUCKS? Anything that's not number one? Talk about an exclusivist attitude. Don't pass off your bashing of the Bay as proving that LA is better. Garbage can lids? Beads and ebonics? WTF? Your attempts at humor fall greatly short. Yeah, and like there are absolutely no blacks in LA.

Also, why is there a region in LA called South Bay? There is no bay there. South Bay is in the south "Bay Area." No one here calls it Silicon Valley. You guys just call the real South Bay Silicon Valley so you can use South Bay for your little region down there.

So, only LA is good, and everything else sucks? What does LA have that the Bay doesn't have? Gasmasks?
Eric formerly TSJ Eric@KristinKreuk.net Thursday, March 07, 2002 at 16:36:45 (PST)

"It sure beats the hell out of Oakland's ghetto, which has the highest murder rate in the country."

You see, Steve. Long before the tech sector, SF has always been the west coast's financial hub. Even without high tech, it will still survive.

Those far out places in LA are for poor people? Well, so are those far out places in the Bay you mentioned. We cap on those fools all the time. Now, I know a thing or two about housing sales because I am a CA real estate agent. Even houses in Newport Beach and Laguna Niguel are not that expensive. I'm not arguing about home prices because I know that LA houses are cheaper.

To be honest with you, I've been thinking about moving out of this area myself. I was born and raised here, so my concept of cheap and expensive is swayed. I guess it's better to have sticker shock the opposite way (going down) than the usual way (going up). I'll probably move to Las Vegas or Vancouver, BC.

The Bay's freeways can never be like LA's because LA is for the most part on flat, sometimes hilly land, and the roads are shaped like a grid. Here, there are too many natural barriers like the Bay, rolling hills, rivers, the Delta, etc. The bridges are a necessary evil.

"It sure beats the hell out of Oakland's ghetto, which has the highest murder rate in the country."

El Monte is right near Monterey Park and Alhambra, the so called Chinese hub. Racial tensions there are indeed a big deal.

No, it doesn't. Look up the crime stats. Cities in LA such as Compton, Hawaiian Gardens, Inglewood, etc. have far more homicides and robberies. Oakland has cleaned up considerably. What have those cities done? Are are they too proud of their "Los Ange, broad day gunnin' (line from Dre. and Snoop's "The Wash") image?

Anyways, this has been fun. Personally, I think cities are cities, and people are people all around the world. I could be out in Kansas City or Chicago and pretty much live the same kind of life I have here. It's just that my family is here. That's all.

Oh, and Toi San Jai means "Toi San boy." It just so happens there is a gang with the same name. It's just like Wah Ching means "Chinese youth."
TSJ Eric@KristinKreuk.net Thursday, March 07, 2002 at 12:00:26 (PST)

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