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Originally Posted by borkborkbork
I don't think Chinatown has a future. Chinese newcomers are 90% settling in the south of the city, and while families will drive into Chinatown from time to time for a dinner or event, all new Chinese community services, businesses, community orgs, etc. will doubtless locate themselves in the south.
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It's to the point where I wonder if Chinese newcomers even know that old Chinatown exists. If you're a U of M student living near campus and whose social life revolves around the places on Pembina Highway, what do you need that little clump on King Street for? There are probably more things of interest to someone like that on any random block of South Pembina than there are in all of Chinatown.
At some point a new Chinese cultural centre will be built in Fort Richmond and that will basically spell the end of Chinatown.
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