China Town in your City

**jason_jinx** · 03-30-11, 12:52 PM

Who does not like good Chinese food now and again? If you say "I" then you are just weird

We are about to head out to Houston's china town and grub it up. Last month we were looking specifically for dumplings but this time we are checking out a new buffet.

Here is a link to what Houston's China town consists of.
Chinatown, Houston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chinatown is a community in southwestern Houston, Texas, United States. It is roughly bounded by Fondren, Beechnut, State Highway 6, and Westpark, west of Bellaire in the Alief area. The naming of the new Chinatown is disputed, as various ethnic groups live within the community.[1] Portions of Chinatown lie within the Greater Sharpstown, International, and Westchase management districts.
There is another Chinatown called "Old Chinatown" located within the East Downtown Houston district near the George R. Brown Convention Center.[2]
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History

The current Houston Chinatown began to expand in the 1990s when Houston-area Asian American entrepreneurs moved their businesses from older neighborhoods, especially the "Old Chinatown" on the eastern end of Downtown Houston (in the process of redevelopment), in a search for more inexpensive properties. [3] In 2005 Christy Chang, a tour operator who operated tours into Chinatown, said "This area is not just Chinatown anymore. If anything, it's Asia Town" due to the presence of various ethnic groups that developed in the community.[1]
Cityscape

A retail center in Chinatown in southwest Houston, where restaurants serving authentic Chinese food are located.

The Bellaire Chinatown, located on a mostly treeless plain,[4] is roughly bounded by Fondren, Beechnut, State Highway 6, and Westpark, west of Bellaire.[1] The half of Chinatown inside Beltway 8 is within the Greater Sharpstown district.[5] Much of western Chinatown lies within the International Management District.[6] A portion of Chinatown lies within the Westchase district.[7][8] The community is between the Westchase district and the City of Sugar Land. Katharine Shilcutt of the Houston Press said that Chinatown was "straddling Beltway 8 on the southwest side like an entire city unto itself."[4]
The Bellaire Chinatown has many "retail condos," shopping centers in which spaces are owned instead of leased. Many East Asian people prefer to own shopping places instead of renting them. In the United States "retail condos" are rare outside of areas populated by East Asian Americans.[9] The community has restaurants serving many kinds of cuisines, including Chinese (including Taiwanese), Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, and Thai. The community also has many fusion cuisine restaurants. Schilcutt said that "the restaurant density in this area is roughly equivalent to the population density of Vatican City."[4]
Government and instrastructure

Ranchester Police Storefront

The new Chinatown is served by two patrol divisions, the Midwest Patrol Division and the Westside Patrol Division, of the Houston Police Department.[10][11][12] The Midwest division operates the Ranchester Storefront (中國城警察局 Zhōngguóchéng Jǐngchájú "Chinatown Police Station") in the Diho Square (Simplified Chinese: 顶好广场, Traditional Chinese: 頂好廣場, Hanyu Pinyin: Dínghǎo Guángchǎng) complex.[11][12][13]
Fire stations located within Chinatown's boundaries include Station 10 Bellaire (第十號消防隊 Dìshíhào Xiāofángduì "Fire Brigade #10") and Station 76 Alief Community, both a part of Fire District 83.[14] Station 10, previously located in what is now East Downtown, relocated to its current location in 1985.[15][16] Station 76 was built in 1985.[17]

Houston Fire Department Station 10 Bellaire

Economy

MetroCorp headquarters and MetroBank branch

MetroCorp Bancshares and subsidiary MetroBank have their headquarters in Chinatown and in Greater Sharpstown.[1][5][18][19] Southwestern National Bank also has its headquarters in Chinatown and Greater Sharpstown.[1][5][20][21]
Halliburton operates the Houston Office (a.k.a. Oak Park Campus) on 67 acres of land located in Chinatown and in the Westchase district.[1][7][22][23][24] The complex includes the Latin America division of Easywell, a division of Halliburton.[25] In 2009 the Westchase campus had 1,700 employees; Halliburton plans to increase its workforce at Oak Park to 3,000 workers. At the Bellaire site Halliburton plans to build a 16 story tower, a two story "life center," an additional parking garage, expanded child care facilities, auditoriums, and bridges to connect the many buildings.[23] In 2009 Halliburton had about 1,000 employees worked in leased office space in Westchase. During that year Halliburton stated that it planned to vacate the leased space.[26] The plans for the Oak Park office had been delayed by one year, and Halliburton expects completion in 2013.[27]
Education

The new Chinatown is served by two separate school districts: Most of the New Chinatown is served by the Alief Independent School District, while an eastern portion is served by the Houston Independent School District. The HISD portion of the community is within Trustee District VI, represented by Greg Meyers as of 2008.[28]
Alief Independent School District

Zoned elementary schools (K-4) located within Chinatown include A. J. Bush, Chambers, Chancellor, Collins, Hearne, Liestman, Mahanay, Martin, and Youens. In addition Sneed Elementary School, outside of Chinatown, serves a portion of Chinatown.[1][29] Bilingual students zoned to Chancellor attend Youens, and bilingual students zoned to Mahanay attend Hearne.[30]
Owens Middle School is a zoned intermediate school in Chinatown. Budewig, Miller, and Youngblood, outside of Chinatown, serve portions of Chinatown. Middle schools in Chinatown include Alief Middle, Killough, and O'Donnell. A portion is served by Albright Middle, outside of Chinatown.[1][31]
Regardless of location within the district, all Alief ISD residents may be randomly assigned to either Alief Elsik High School, Alief Hastings High School, and Alief Taylor High School; all of them are in Chinatown.[1] In addition the magnet school Alief Kerr High School is in Chinatown.[1]
Houston Independent School District

Neff and White Elementary Schools are located in the Houston ISD portion of Chinatown.[1][32][33] Other portions are served by Emerson and Piney Point elementary schools.[34][35]
Sharpstown Middle School, located in the HISD portion of Chinatown, serves most of the HISD portion of Chinatown.[36] A portion of Chinatown is zoned to Revere Middle School.[37]
The portion of the HISD portion of New Chinatown south of Bellaire Boulevard is zoned to Sharpstown High School,[38] while the portion north of Bellaire Boulevard is zoned to Lee High School (With Lamar High School and Westside High School as options).[39]
Transportation

Many street signs are in English and Chinese - The pictured intersection is of Bellaire Boulevard (百利大道 Bǎilì Dàdào) and Corporate Drive (合作路 Hézuò Lù)

Post up what y'all have in your city!

Oh yea here is some places to eat links
http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc...show_filters=0

**jason_jinx** · 03-30-11, 12:56 PM

You know what I just thought of?.....

There are local conservative radio talk show hosts that constantly bark that once you become a American you should give up your culture and be "American".
I find that statement bullshit and retort with that one can be American and still preserve their culture.

**ninja|oaklandr** · 03-30-11, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by jason_jinx

You know what I just thought of?.....

There are local conservative radio talk show hosts that constantly bark that once you become a American you should give up your culture and be "American".
I find that statement bullshit and retort with that one can be American and still preserve their culture.

Give up culture no, learn English yes.

Only Chinatown here:

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**-Sauso-** · 03-30-11, 01:24 PM

We have a huge Asian population here with the largest china town in the country.

Chinatown, Vancouver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I would be on here for a week straight listing everywhere to eat.

**bust331** · 03-30-11, 01:32 PM

The only china town I went to was in Chicago, and we were told by the L Train ticket guy not to be out there past night.

Good food though.

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**SmokenScion** · 03-30-11, 02:17 PM

usually any West Coast city Will have a great Chinatown. New New York's has got Most beat though. One thing I've noticed is if you want Great Asian food, you should live by the sea.

**naerok** · 03-30-11, 03:32 PM

never been to china town but k-town is good

**Rawr** · 03-30-11, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by SmokenScion

usually any West Coast city Will have a great Chinatown. New New York's has got Most beat though. One thing I've noticed is if you want Great Asian food, you should live by the sea.

Chinatown NYC is freaking awesome. I used to go like every or every other weekend.