Multicultural in action

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Lol awesome.

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I lived in Jamaica plains-Boston a few years back XD must've been a diverse area for the LBGTQ community. Because living there most would assume I were a lesbian just residing.

Also worth noting I'd never seen so many ppl of Dom.rep descent. I can count on two hands how many I've met in fl and ct. But there? It was a huge majority of the Latino community. I actually never got the "you're Cuban?" Question. Lol

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I never got to expose myself to the American Asian communities though :0 wish I had

[Laurel]

Henry wrote: "Guinevere wrote: "I never got to expose myself to the American Asian communities though :0 wish I had"

Boston's Chinatown can be nice or not so nice if you take a wrong turn. Although I have to sa..."

Have to chime in as a former Brooklyn resident. There are MULTIPLE Chinese/Asian neighborhoods across all of New York City -- not just lower Manhattan. If anything, the lower Manhattan community (Canal street area) is the most dangerous Asian community in all of NYC. Simply because it's very touristy and that attracts criminals.

Ave U in Brooklyn is smaller, but much nicer. There's a lovely bakery right next to the Q train subway station and a grocery store rivaling anything I've been to in Manhattan -- without the absurd crowds. Go to Red Hair Salon to get your hair done; they are much more flexible in terms of what they can do for you than almost any other salon I've been to -- and much more reasonably priced. For my 37th birthday I treated myself to a nice wash and hair cut (this was more than a year ago) and they were wonderful in pampering me and getting my birthday off to a great start.

The business district is accessible by both the B49 Ocean Ave bus and the Q train. It is a local, not express, subway stop so no B service.

It's basically halfway between southern Midwood and Sheepshead Bay.

[The FountainPenDiva, Old school geek chick and lover of teddy bears]

Living in Los Angeles and San Francisco, multiculturalism is a no-brainer for me. Right now, I'm next door to Cerritos, which has a huge Asian community, including an area known as "Little India". Bellflower itself is racially mixed. It's just not something I think about. The only time I do is when I travel somewhere that ISN'T as diverse *gulp*. One good reason to stay away from parts of Orange County, LOL.

[Aya]

I love, love New York! I generally avoid Chinatown though, since I'm already familiar with a Chinese environment and plus, there's this foreign/non-foreign vibe that just feels weird to me.

I once studied Japanese at a language school in Kyoto, and that was a lot of fun--we had French, Belgian, Dutch, Thai, Canadian people in our class--all speaking in Japanese. I also met a half-Spanish, half-Taiwanese and a half-Dutch, half-Egyptian, and it was fun hearing both of them speak Japanese too :)

[Heather]

Love Boston! My aunt lives there. I'm currently living on Oahu, and despite the price of having to live in paradise--you work your a** off to be able to afford it--all types of cultures rub shoulders: Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Micronesian, and us haoles are among the most dominant. Love the different fusions of food! Sadly, Hawaiian isn't nearly as big :/ I do love reclaiming that feeling of community, which was pretty non-existent where I grew up back in a white suburbia area in Washington

[Martyn]

Henry wrote: "..., drinking Japanese beer, ..."

Sapporo? Asahi? :)

You see where my mind is, always focusing on the important stuff... :)