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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I have eaten a lot of Chinese food in a lot of places. SF first, and NYC second, have been heads and shoulders above every other city (I haven't tried Houston) in the U.S. (and both miles ahead of DC, Boston, Chicago, LA, etc.) But an interesting thing in the Boston area these days is that the Chinese food may be better in the Burbs than in Chinatown - Chinatown is filled with homestyle Cantonese places opened fifty years and two generations ago, while there are three or four little clusters in the Burbs that have the Chinese places opened by recent immigrants with more ambitious culinary goals.
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We have two Chinatowns. The original is hardly recognizable anymore, as it's been sucked up by the growth on the east side of Downtown. There are a few markers that it used to be Chinatown, but most people in this city probably don't know it unless it's pointed out by someone who has been here more than two decades.
The second is out west, technically in the city, but fairly far out. It's a fairly huge tract of land, and it's not just Chinese. Signs are in at least three or four languages, and it's been growing since the mid-80s. There are tons and tons of restaurants out there in strip malls, and some are awesome and some suck.
