Brooklyn’s Chinatown also known as 8th Avenue by current residents, is one of the most widespread growing areas populated with Chinese immigrants. It is also known as Little Fuzhou mainly due to the immigrants from Fujian, a province in the mainland of China. Rapidly growing in population, immigrants from Fujian are spreading to areas between the boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, drawing away the original Cantonese residents with many concerns of the discriminations brought upon the new immigrants. The growing population is linked to the rising property values; also becoming a popular tourist spot as seen on YELP and other travel sites. The discriminations adapted throughout other non Fujian Chinese individuals, and are now seen
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A resident living in 8th Avenue can find almost anything they need. Every store is walk able distance from their homes or might even be right below their homes. The B70 runs along 8th Avenue and the closest train station nearby is the N train. The train is conveniently one stop away from Canal Street, which takes half an hour to travel to Chinatown for individuals who work there. Trains would be filled and packed with people in the morning around 8 o’clock and especially during rush hour around 5 o’clock. Residents must leave their homes at least half an hour early so they can get seats and not miss the train from being unable to step inside the overcrowded train. Since there are so many people with cars in 8th Avenue, parking is hard to find. Cars are generally double parked due to the difficulty in finding parking spots around the area, also because many trucks would unload materials into stores to restock. Because of the lack of available parking spots, more than one person would have to come to purchase goods from 8th Avenue. One would go buy groceries while the other waits in the car. Sidewalks would be crowded with people and is very difficult to walk from point A to B with …show more content…
The Fuzhou immigrants buying properties in this area are likely to pay a higher price to buy the property they see and desire. The Chinese landlords, especially many of them are real estate agencies in Manhattan's Chinatown are still mainly Cantonese descents and many of them show prejudice not wanting to rent to the Fuzhou immigrants and simply not wanting to deal with them because of concerns that they are very loud, the fear that they will not be able to pay rent since many Fuzhou immigrants are known to be under a lot debt to gangs that helped smuggled them in illegally into the United States, the fear that gangs will come up to the apartments to cause trouble, and being that they are likely to make the apartments too overcrowded such as subdividing apartments into very tiny spaces to rent to other Fuzhou immigrants. This has opened opportunities as well has led Fuzhou immigrants to New York City, to seek landlords of Fuzhou descent and to be able rent an apartment at a lower price in better conditions than in Manhattan's Chinatown with less housing discrimination and barriers imposed on them. This also has culturally adapted to become part of the Fuzhou culture where houses are bought to subdivide apartments into many tiny spaces including so many bunk beds in just one tiny space. Although many know how crowded this can get, people would rather choose the choice to live in a cheaper and
A resident living in 8th Avenue can find almost anything they need. Every store is walk able distance from their homes or might even be right below their homes. The B70 runs along 8th Avenue and the closest train station nearby is the N train. The train is conveniently one stop away from Canal Street, which takes half an hour to travel to Chinatown for individuals who work there. Trains would be filled and packed with people in the morning around 8 o’clock and especially during rush hour around 5 o’clock. Residents must leave their homes at least half an hour early so they can get seats and not miss the train from being unable to step inside the overcrowded train. Since there are so many people with cars in 8th Avenue, parking is hard to find. Cars are generally double parked due to the difficulty in finding parking spots around the area, also because many trucks would unload materials into stores to restock. Because of the lack of available parking spots, more than one person would have to come to purchase goods from 8th Avenue. One would go buy groceries while the other waits in the car. Sidewalks would be crowded with people and is very difficult to walk from point A to B with …show more content…
The Fuzhou immigrants buying properties in this area are likely to pay a higher price to buy the property they see and desire. The Chinese landlords, especially many of them are real estate agencies in Manhattan's Chinatown are still mainly Cantonese descents and many of them show prejudice not wanting to rent to the Fuzhou immigrants and simply not wanting to deal with them because of concerns that they are very loud, the fear that they will not be able to pay rent since many Fuzhou immigrants are known to be under a lot debt to gangs that helped smuggled them in illegally into the United States, the fear that gangs will come up to the apartments to cause trouble, and being that they are likely to make the apartments too overcrowded such as subdividing apartments into very tiny spaces to rent to other Fuzhou immigrants. This has opened opportunities as well has led Fuzhou immigrants to New York City, to seek landlords of Fuzhou descent and to be able rent an apartment at a lower price in better conditions than in Manhattan's Chinatown with less housing discrimination and barriers imposed on them. This also has culturally adapted to become part of the Fuzhou culture where houses are bought to subdivide apartments into many tiny spaces including so many bunk beds in just one tiny space. Although many know how crowded this can get, people would rather choose the choice to live in a cheaper and