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Originally Posted by sopas ej
I believe residents/business owners or whoever, just need to lobby the LA City Council, and if approved, the official designation takes place, and neighborhood/district signs are installed. Here's an article about Little Bangladesh: https://www.courthousenews.com/in-la...kes-its-claim/
Koreatown got its designation in the 1970s; during that period, and through the 1980s and into the 1990s, it seemed pretty much known that Koreatown was basically a bunch of Korean/Korean-owned businesses, with not very many Koreans living there. I guess the Korean population has grown there, but in the beginning, Koreatown was more about a place with a lot of Korean businesses, though of course historically, LA has had Korean residents from very early on. |
https://www.kcet.org/socal-focus/la-...-asian-america
"According to the report, in the last decade, the Asian American population of L.A. County grew 20 percent, and the Pacific Islander population grew nine percent, even though the total county population grew only three percent. In contrast, the growth rate for the Latino population was 11 percent, and both the white and African American populations shrank, with decreases of eight and five percent, respectively."
"Bangladeshi Americans are the Asian ethnic group with the highest rate of growth, with a 122 percent increase in population in the past decade. Other South Asian ethnic groups, such as Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Indian Americans experienced high growth rates in L.A. County as well. Japanese Americans had the least highest growth rate (one percent), but also the highest domestic-born population (70 percent) and the highest percentage of senior citizens (19 percent). The fastest-growing Pacific Islander ethnic group are Fijian Americans, with a growth rate of 68 percent."