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Originally Posted by LA21st
LA (and probably SF) have had massive Filipino populations for decades.
For whatever reason, they're just not as discussed on these kinds of forums like Koreans, Chinese, Mexicans, Cubans etc. I don't know why, but something I've noticed.
LA's Filipino population is very dispersed through the city and metro. Which is interesting. I don't think there's a central Filipino neighborhood, as far as I know.
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No central Filipino neighborhood per se but there are Filipino clusters throughout LA city and county (I'm Filipino-American myself).
When I was a very small child in the 1970s, Filipino businesses/bakeries/markets tended to be grouped along North Vermont Avenue, kind of near LACC/the Braille Institute. I'm not sure if it's still that way, I'm rarely in that part of town anymore. Eagle Rock also has a large Filipino population. I've heard of Filipinos in Reseda and Panorama City in the San Fernando Valley too.
Outside LA proper, Glendale, Carson, Cerritos, West Covina, Walnut, Diamond Bar, Rowland Heights... all have significant Filipino populations. Socio-economically, they've all become very diverse, too. When I was in high school in Cerritos back in the 1980s, all the Filipino parents (mine included) seemed to be either nurses, doctors, accountants, or real estate agents.