I’m 10 years older than you.
My wife is from Taiwan. Her family is from YangMei but she grew up mainly in Taipei.
Where we live the High School is 80% Chinese or more (from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines) with also probably some other East Asian. Other high schools around are also similar.
It’s a huge Chinese community and it’s very vibrant and dynamic.
It would have been quite a different experience for you growing up if you were ten years younger and your family had moved to San Gabriel or somewhere around here.
Ah my father’s side was from the north, while my mother’s were from the south.
I don’t know what it would be like to grow up in a community like that. but it seems like Richmond have many older taiwanese generations, my parents goes to a Chinese church, and their circle of friends are filled with taiwanese PHDs and MDs, almost exclusively.
Yeah, I think the community in San Gabriel is very large. I always see ads for businesses in Arcadia on the dishnetwork taiwanese channels. i know i will never go hungry if i live there. i love to try different food.