America's Chinatown Neighborhood | From East to West Coast

[@jtf267]

Thank you. I grew up in one of the Chinatowns, in fact a block from wheee you filmed. 9 of us in a 2 bedroom apartment. Tourists used to stop my sister and me in the streets when we were little to take photos of us. Life was not easy but everything sure looks beautiful when watching your video. I was lucky to visit all the Chinatowns you went to. I would love to go back to New York to feast.

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you for the feedback. It was an honor to bring some of this story to life and with everything going on I wanted to shed light on the challenges the community faced.

[@aumarigan]

Are you still in the US?

[@jtf267]

@@aumarigan Yes

[@capnificent]

I visited Chicago's Chinatown! I loved it. Videos like this help you realize even more so why we have to do our part to preserve these historic neighborhoods. Philadelphia Chinatown currently is facing a battle for it's survival. Thank you for this timeless video.

[@SupraB007]

I didn’t bother watching when one of America’s best chinatowns (Chicago) was not on here. Really?

[@pushypin]

Being a Chinese American who grew up and still live in Chinatown, I have to say this is the best America's Chinatown video I have ever seen. It is the most thorough in history, story of struggle and success, and each Chinatown's uniqueness. I like to give you my most sincere respect for creating this wonderful video.

[@JoseOnTour]

It was truly a challenge to bring this to life and break it out in a respectful manner. Thank you for the great feedback

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you for watching! What did you think??

[@listerchen778]

great video and thanks for sharing the history of our chinatowns. Unfortunately many are crumbling, disappearing, and gentrifying as chinese businesses spread out in the cities and you can get good chinese food and groceries in many other places.

[@shosmyth1454]

I am from midwest and have only visited Chicago Chinatown and I love it. It has been my wdream to visit San Francisco’s Chinatown and I want to go to New York Chinatown for several days.

[@JoJosCupofMocha]

absolutely loved this informative video on the history of Chinatown neighborhoods! Especially the Chinatowns in NYC, I'm a native New Yorker so I loved learning more about those neighborhoods as well.

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you for the great feedback. I’m also a native New Yorker and up until recently is when I learned the deep history of the area and how it expanded into Flushing Queens.

[@JoJosCupofMocha]

@@JoseOnTour it’s so cool how it expands to other parts of a city or the whole country

[@shade0762]

Diversity is the key to American Ingenuity... sometimes people forget that and it is very sad. Great video.

[@mistyonbayard]

Thanks for doing the tour of America’s Chinatowns!

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you for the support

[@Louise-o3d]

Love the video you delivered a great awakening. Thanks .Hope to see you bring ERIÈ PA ...I N THE FALL STAY WELL

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you so much

[@JimC121]

Wonderful stories of America's Chinatown.

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you so much

[@CityGeek]

Your videos are amazing! And they seemed to have level up recently. Keep up the great work!

[@pauloszetarinielli69508]

Good documentary, thank you!

[@capnificent]

This was a great video!

[@el2995]

Nice video! Always enjoyed our trips to San Francisco’s Chinatown, and I have at least sampled some of the Oakland, NYC, Philadelphia and Washington DC Chinatowns (with LA’s on the list to visit). I’ve also sample the Chinatowns of Singapore, Yangon (Myanmar) and Bangkok, with Bangkok’s being perhaps the most interesting, particularly when exploring amid its numerous street markets, atmospheric narrow alleyways, fascinating temples & shrines, and its busy main drag of Yaowarat Road.

[@JoseOnTour]

I would love to check out some of the Chinatowns outside of the states. I’ve seen some of those in video and can only imagine how fun of an adventure it is. I’ve visited the Chinatown in Amsterdam which was a smaller section. But would love to make a video in the future across the globe.

[@davistew]

Just a few minutes into it and I’m hooked man! Superb production quality on this!

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you sir 🙏

[@IvyANguyen]

This was very cool to watch. I'm a lifelong Philadelphia resident and always enjoy visiting & eating in Chinatown. The 1st protest I ever attended was against the 1st time a stadium was being proposed for the area on 8 June 2000. I believe the current attempt at building another one must be protested against like other large business proposals before that would have eliminated parts of this amazing & historic part of American and global life. I look forwards to visiting those west coast Chinatowns when I travel Los Angeles & San Francisco. Are there plans to do video on Chinatowns globally at some point?

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank You for the great comment Ivy. The minute I heard about the mew stadium I thought the same thing. I think they want to place it in around where the 1970s protest occurred. They really want the 76ers downtown but i think its fine in the outskirts. I actually filmed a Chinatown sequence in Costa Rica which has a big section. I might do a globally one day as the channel grows.

[@IvyANguyen]

@@JoseOnTour From what I understand it's a 2-part thing: 76ers rent the stadium they now play in from the Flyers & Comcast, so they want their own stadium. Fair enough. My problem is their choice of location. Honestly anywhere other than the existing Sports Complex area in South Philly will result in existing neighbourhoods getting damaged. I think it's great that Philly is one city that put all the stadia in the same place rather than confusingly scattering them all over like other cities do. We shouldn't mess it up now by building one where very few people want one at. About Chinatown here, it used to be larger before the Vine Street expressway but since then is now only a 2x3-block rectangle area (8th to 11th, Vine to Filbert, centred on 10th & Race).

[@JoseOnTour]

As we speak about this I went to see a Mets vs Phillies game at citified which is right in the neighborhood and what a nightmare. I immediately thought about the stadium in Philly and wish it would stay where its at. I 100% agree that Philly has the best placement for arenas

[@PopeBrak]

Happy Lunar New Year, Jose! Sincere thanks to you and your team for sharing this story. This must have been a huge project, but you made it feel entirely seamless! Outstanding content, as always.

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you, it’s a story I wanted to put together for some time and happy to share.

[@shosmyth1454]

Great Video! Thank you

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you for the feedback

[@Entername-md1ev]

Would love to see a similar video on little Italy’s across America too!

[@JoseOnTour]

I am currently working on a Little Italy video due out this fall. I began Filming in San Diego back in December and am spreading it out throughout the year to visit some of the Italian Festivals across the country.

[@dunny2210]

Excellent content! Thank you!

[@aimpointrod]

Not sure why you skipped over Chicago's Chinatown. It's commonly ranked as the #3 Chinatown in the US following San Francisco and New York City

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you for the feedback. At the time I was creating a sequel video and saved Chicago and other areas (Queens, NY) for the secondary video. It's still a work in progress as the story has changed to some of the neighborhoods (Philadelphia's Chinatown is currently under attack).

[@volodymyr_diachenko]

It's great as always! 📸

[@ASH148]

thx for sharing.

[@ajuharis2062]

Wow nice sir

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you Aju

[@lukelarssen7072]

what a beautiful video!! why you only have 2k followers

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you really appreciate the feedback. Its a slow and steady race

[@sulee7306]

Part 2: Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, Toronto, Mexicali, Honolulu, Ottawa, Houston, Dallas, Richmond BC, Las Vegas, etc. You can take the girl out of Chinatown, but not the Chinatown out of the girl.

[@JoseOnTour]

thank you for the suggestions. I recently recorded a sequence for Costa Rica's Chinatown and would love to do a pt.2 in the rest of NA and maybe a pt.3 across the world.

[@lateciabrown-sewer4457]

Yes, I love Chinatown in Houston ❤

[@richardyoung871]

Although I have not watched this video, it's very informative, in the fact that the producer's took a very long historical search in the America's,archives of the 1st Chinese people who came to this very different country, and in doing so,Jose does a very excellent job of it's Presentation of the many parts of American cultural history, he makes mention of the original Chinatown in San Francisco, but because I am 4th generation from Honolulu Hawaii, the Chinatown in Honolulu is very small, I have visited the Chinatown in San Francisco, although very hilly,it's also very small, LA'S ,Chinatown is also very small, CHICAGO'S, Chinatown is also very small, Boston, WASHINGTON DC, Chinatown is very small, and the Philly Chinatown doesn't really, exist, but by in large, the largest Chinese community exists in NEW YORK STATE, lower MANHATTAN, as many of the older Chinese people are dying, the newer CHINESE/AMERICAN generations have emerged, like me, but I have never forgotten my Roots ,to this Great Nation. I do frequently visit Chinatown in MANHATTAN, but to a certain degree, it has changed, culturally No,historical NO, but with time, things Change, this is by far the best video I have ever seen about the history of the Chinese people in the UNITED STATES, and if I had to rate this video I would give it a 100/100% Rating, or 10/10 ... Rating.

[@JoseOnTour]

Thank you for such wonderful feedback. I spent several months trying to get this right and provide the most respectful video I could put together. It really is a shame how our neighborhoods disappear as time passes.

[@DiscoverRay]

Thought you might do some ASMR eating at that bakery in Boston lol. Maybe next time 😂

[@BigGuyBoleslaw]

A Chinese American software engineer working for Microsoft in Shanghai says that if you want to get a feel for what the neighborhoods there and in Hong Kong used to be like, go to Chinatown in Manhattan. Everything has been rebuilt in China and Hong Kong and what used to be no longer exists.

[@50sussie]

Thank you Jose for telling about the Chinesse Exclution Act ( Anti Asian Act) keep on telling there stories Thanks again

[@jasondeo7538]

🎎🎎🧧🧧🏮🎏 fire bro

[@JoseOnTour]

thank you

[@BRICSSCO]

jose bro. Have visited China before?

[@JoseOnTour]

China is one of my dream destinations. The history, architecture, and beautiful natural lands. It's on my bucket list places to visit

[@ISLAVERDE29]

Boston's Chinatown, formerly known as the Combat Zone used to be the red light district. And the "Metro"? you mean the T!

[@arturoarabitg6438]

You skipped Chicago's Chinatown, brother. Is Chicago just flyover land? 😂

[@darrylt8502]

Usually I would see an old person playing the erhu or chinese violin in Chinatown. But I think in about 15 years, those musicians will be gone from many or all Chinatown because of the generation fade out. We will still hear them at parades and shops via mp3 but not on a random day live at a Chinatown park. I did see one young non-chinese person playing along with others in this video. Unless, the GenXs and younger decide to carry that tradition which I can't see that right now. Sometimes they sound annoying to my ears, but I try to remind myself not to take it for granted.

[@JoseOnTour]

Its sad to see and I talk about this with my own culture. With every passing generation we lose a piece of the familiar and traditional.

[@SsembatyaJimbaeilison]

It's better

[@dexter4638]

Thanks for another great video!! Do not miss out > P R O M O S M !

[@Remaagen]

Original LA Chinatown was located at the Amtrak Union station. LA chinatown is dying. Too much gentrification. Everyone moving to the 626.

[@kavecrock1112]

From an objective point of view, I think every country has the right to control its own immigration policies. If country A does not want people from country B, that's fine. I don't see anything wrong with it. To be more specific, there is nothing to stop China from having an American Exclusion Act, which would forbid Americans from entering Chinese soil. They would have the absolute right to do that, it is their country. So I don't see a problem with the Chinese Exclusion Act. I wish there would be more exclusion acts. I am facing job competition from immigrants all the time. I wish they would be excluded from entering the US.