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4 pages in length. Once a place where the very foundation of Chinese culture resided in Portland, Oregon, today's Old Town Chinatown has undergone some undesirable changes over the years that have served to render it both dangerous and uninviting to residents and businesses alike. The transition is so drastic and adverse that a slow but steady movement is underway to relocate the cultural heart of Chinatown to a newer, more welcoming location that not only supports commerce and a future progress but is also keen on stabilizing a very unsound cultural infrastructure. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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served to render it both dangerous and uninviting to residents and businesses alike. The transition is so drastic and adverse that a slow but steady movement is underway to
relocate the cultural heart of Chinatown to a newer, more welcoming location that not only supports commerce and a future progress but is also keen on stabilizing a very unsound
cultural infrastructure. "The shifting of the Chinese community from Old Town to SE 82nd could be seen as a natural result of history and the economy-for much of Portlands
existence, Chinatown wasnt a place to celebrate the Chinese community, but a place to contain it in something of a ghetto. With such official red-lining now a relic of
the past, and with cheaper land and more space available farther away from the citys core, perhaps it was inevitable that the migration would take place" (Davis et al, 2007).
After providing the physical boundaries of Old Town Chinatown, the student will want to discuss how the three responses received through the interviews illustrate an overwhelming consensus of how
Old Town Chinatown is in great distress and experiencing a steady decline from the cultural Mecca it once was. Each of the three interviews explicitly describes the prevalence of
and potential for violence, crime, homelessness and overall cultural decay, a reality the first respondent acknowledges as being responsible for turning Old Town Chinatown into an unsafe place to live,
work or recreate. This respondent resides here and is constantly in fear for his safety; he would leave immediately if he could afford to live elsewhere. The fear
he feels with being in Old Town Chinatown keeps him from enjoying some very basic activities other communities take for granted - such as taking walks - something he does
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