Day 43
Little Saigon en Union Square
November 5, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 12 °CEen schril contrast met Japantown is Little Saigon, de Vietnamese wijk binnen Tenderloin. De naam is bedoeld om een positief beeld te geven, zoals Chinatown en Japantown. De werkelijkheid is dat hetRead more
Wandering Again Most of the Vietnamese in that block were Hmong refugees following the Vietnamese American war. Many of the hill tribes sided with the South Vietnamese regime and the Americans during that conflict. San Francisco took in a large number of refugees and the only available residential units were in the poorest of neighborhoods. Hence their placement in the 'Skid Row' of San Francisco-The Tenderloin.