 What are the noticeable differences between East Coast Asian enclaves and West Coast Asian enclaves? A lot of people are wondering this right now. So hopefully we have an answer. Yeah, this is a hot topic in 2023 I think there's more Asians moving from the East Coast to the West Coast West Coast to the East Coast than ever before and human recorded history Just due to you know work from home and technology So we made a viral video that got millions of views called West Coast Asians versus East Coast Asians a few years ago But a lot of people are wondering Andrew. Is it still true to this day or if things changed? Oh, let's talk about our Observation so make sure you like subscribe turning your notifications, but real quick Andrew You know what else is east to west? We're talking about Smala today's sponsor Smala sauce.com from Sichuan, Assisi You can use this as an olive oil essentially a Chinese olive oil on anything It is a perfect blend of east and west delicious. Make sure you guys like this video again guys I would say this man LA might have more ABGs than NYC due to the population of VIETs But the East Coast has more PhDs from MIT even though they might settle in the BAY and work in TECH Okay, but if you want to ABG who listens the EDM who sits at VIP puffing of VA APE Then which coast are you more likely to find one? But is she dating a guy with TATT's wearing a t-shirt that has a BA PE head on the front anyways guys That's just funny, but I I really want to David We got to cut to the core of why so many particularly males pose this question I'm not saying females Asian women don't ask this question But I think guys are particularly interested in the quality of life for a per Asian guy Yeah, I think that guys lives. I don't want to say for sure guys I don't know for sure, but it seems like it's really variable on the fishbowl like a guy's like life experience can vary a lot Yeah, so I think a lot of guys are just wondering like which coast would I vibe in and which enclave should I? Later move to yeah, literally this post pops up on Reddit and like Twitter and TikTok like maybe once a month You know what it goes viral every time this video helps people and you know Let us know if you disagree or agree with our observations, right? Feel free to disagree and let us know what you're what you've noticed Yeah, this is based off a reddit post that said hey guys Are there any noticeable cultural differences between East Coast enclaves and West Coast enclaves? I heard that the East Coast is a lot more formal and hierarchical while the West Coast is more casual and laid back But I'm starting to think that the differences are really in the suburbs in the outlying neighborhoods of the same city because the main Downtown areas they're all starting to feel the same these days Yeah, I mean if I had to compare the Asian enclaves now Just Asian enclaves and this can be in any state because a lot of states have some version of an enclave I'm not just talking about Flushing Queens. Okay. I'm also talking about the 626. Yeah I'm talking about you know, South of Boston, Austin, I think or and then there's also You know around Philly and all these other Virginia Atlanta northern Virginia Tempe, Arizona. Yeah Yeah, well, that's on the east west coast and then you have Texas obviously So I think this is to put it in short when you talk about the Asian enclaves that I've seen I think Texas and California Asian enclaves tend to look more like each other because they have more space and the weather is a little bit More similar, right? You're so spacing in the geography Geography you're driving big cars. You have space. It's hotter weather blah blah blah, you know But but it is true typically around the cities on the east coast the cities are older The Asian enclaves maybe they move out to the suburbs or they're inside the city They're a little bit more packed and the weather is also just more colder. There's a lot more rain more snow to deal with So obviously guys in general the general east coast west coast stereotypes do apply to all populations and you know Asians are no different. I think the typical stereotypes still apply to Asian, right? You're saying a west coast person specifically a California person eats more tacos than somebody on the east coast That's gonna apply to the Asians. Yeah, that people on the east coast follow more high-end fashion Particularly so hoey all blacked out, you know designer that applies to everybody People and or Asians in Texas might have a higher rate of gun ownership. Yes to no surprise. Um, yeah, I would say this You know, what's really interesting Andrew? I think the only groups that exist in very very very large numbers on both in every city on the east and west coast are Chinese Filipino and Korean. Hmm. I believe I'm not saying there's not Vietnamese on the east coast But it's not like necessarily every single city, right? Right. Um, I think that where we grew up Seattle was a hybrid of east and west coast Yeah, you know, I mean the Pacific Northwest mid-Atlantic these sort of like non-steering table You know, like you have a city that's technically on the west coast, but it's not the west coast you're thinking of No, no, I would say Seattle's interesting because it kind of has like the weather and climate of Boston But it's kind of by the water like New York, but then it's on the west coast of America So you kind of like you're kind of like am I do I relate to California people or am I more like east coast? Seattle's a little bit more like that or like I'm just Is it sort of like how Florida is like very Spanish speaking like California, but then it's like Republican and it's like part of the south Yeah, Florida. They kind of got that. Well, Florida still counts as part of the south and you're like, wait Where am I at? Am I in the Cali of the east coast right now exactly exactly? Yeah I mean, I think it's really interesting that the main points that I think we didn't say in our first video They went viral, you know a few years ago It's like like Southern California in particular is very different because this is the only the Southern California is the only place where you get a Collection of like 12 or 15 cities in a row where the largest single ethnic group is Asian You know what I'm talking about? I'm talking about like an entire district like what like a lot of cities I'm saying around America nowadays or a lot of states have one city that is very Asian But in Southern California, you might have like 15 cities in a row that are very like what 49th assembly district from Judy Chu that that's like more like we're talking about the San Gabriel Valley is a huge Area, it's not a county, but it's just an whole area region where there's Multiple maybe 10 cities that are like 50 percent Chinese right the state congress person will always be Asian probably Right. Um, I do think that uh, there are like different types of personalities that occur From different types of enclaves though. For example, Andrew I do think nor cow produces a very particular type of person so cow new york for example However, it doesn't mean they all can't get along But maybe I got this theory and the most extreme versions of people from each area might only thrive in that zone Okay, that makes sense. Yeah. I mean, are you saying like kind of the new york talker like the kind of uh, I guess urban like Uh, dude with the gift of gab like that would be more coming from new york because that's the culture in new york Right, right, right. I'm saying that that would be like only you to be able to be maximized or optimized To its maximum capacity that skill set in certain places right or I guess on the west coast What would be an extreme archetype on the west coast like skater may be being a really chill surfer Like that's gonna be good and that's gonna be good in hawaii and good in limited parts of so Cal But where else are you gonna apply it like it's not gonna be a good identity to have on the east coast? You know you go to toronto with that identity. It's not gonna thrive. I would imagine there's more like asian skates Influence rappers on the west coast right then there are on the east coast But bring it back to your original point andre I think the reason guys ask this question so much is because the life of a guy can be so variable And I think the most important thing that you can do is like pick an environment or a fishbowl That's right for you that you can not only survive in but begin to thrive in yeah And that doesn't mean that everywhere you go instantly you're gonna click there It sometimes takes some time But you're gonna have to like just understand the general differences test the market out Maybe stay there a week or two and then kind of decide like oh is this a place? I see myself kind of growing into because listen you're not bigger than the city You're not going to change the narrative of that town of that region. You're just one person You're more or less going to have to fit into some culture subculture or group or niche there, right? That's true. Um, andre let's get into the comments section. There was a few comments saying, you know Listen, I think the long answer is it depends on who you are as a person, but the short answer is just pick the west coast What do you Asian? Yeah, so that you're saying the easy answer is well if I'm like asian guy And I'm just wondering I want to be around other asians and I want to like a chill life Like if you randomly had to throw some dice, right? And you're gonna end up in a random west coast city versus a random east coast city as an asian guy which Dye Coast should you roll the dice on? Yeah, I would say just pick west coast As the easy answer right right, but obviously it just depends on who you are where your family is at all this other stuff Somebody said, uh, but you guys forgot to mention how much thicker east asian girls are on the east coast No, I'm sorry. Yeah, how much thicker asian girls are on the east coast compared to west coast Interesting thicker East asian girls are compared to the east asian girls of the west coast I guess they're a suit I is this referring to kind of like the whole beach body culture where obviously on the west coast you're you're in a swimsuit more It's warmer weather. It's more focused on avocado salads. This kind of uh being healthy model like lifestyle versus on the east coast It's not as much that I think girls do generally want to look good But they might try to compensate more with fashion and style and personality Versus just their pure looks. Oh, but here's the crazy caveat andrew southeast asian girls probably thick on both coasts It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter, but you see more variance. So much the east asian girl Um, somebody said density matters and the generation of the enclave matters a lot too Like a lot of people he was saying, oh man, everybody looks at the coast But I just look at the percentages of like how asian a district is and how many generations has it been asian Do you feel like that the newer asian enclaves the ones that just formed in like the past 10 years on tempeh arizona, for example Yeah on the east coast though i'm saying like, uh, like northern virginia Like I meet more and more asians in new york that moved from Virginia and I instantly think that virginia doesn't have a lot of asians But actually their particular city that they grew up in they went to a high school That was like 30 40 50 asian right and I was like, whoa, I didn't expect that so I guess I feel like the new enclaves in those type of cities are generally led by like They like are newer so they focus more like Education maybe I think older enclaves they've had time and there's like and there's more like old world things going on I can totally see that that makes sense. I mean like you said If you are going to all asian high school in like serritos california or northern virginia Or like one of these more like ervine style enclaves that's completely different than growing up in an enclave That's been there for like a hundred years in a city Yeah, I mean it is very different like from a ritual perspective. Like you said like what is the I guess like What is the enclave trying to achieve? Is it just trying to maintain its culture in like It's eastern culture in the west or is it just trying to develop? Give a comfortable place where people can Yeah assimilate slowly I mean to start an enclave for asians oftentimes, you know, especially east asians They're gonna they want like the supermarket. They want a bunch of after school kumon type spots They want all these things where they feel like they can move their entire family there From a less asian area to a more asian area. Um, somebody said, uh, it's good and bad But I noticed in california. It is so asian populated They never really had to assimilate or mix with others and this guy said moving from europe to america I found that I had better connections with east coast people because they took racial issues a lot more seriously And racism against asians a lot more seriously. Yeah, yeah, I think so I think it is more politicized on the east coast I think people are more culturally conscious especially in new york people are aware of more different types of cultures Right. Yeah, I mean you got to share the train with them every day, right? And you're more aware of it You'll talk about it outright. Um Blatantly and I think that is uh, yeah, you just have to deal with that. I guess Yeah, somebody said that I feel like east coast asians know everything about basketball Whereas west coast asians spend all their time playing basketball. So it's different. That's interesting. Yeah Yeah, I do think more of the sports caster Kind of culture is out in new york. I know a lot of asian dudes who love like can break down basketball They know everything about it. But yeah, they're not that good. Also. You have to understand finding gyms and courts in Uh, that are indoor in new york is very hard. So it's hard to get a lot of runs in Um, of course the reddit thread andrew had turned into a bunch of arguing about is the food better on the left side Or the food better on the right side Obviously what conventional wisdom would say that the west coast is closer to asia right right across the pacific Versus being on the atlantic But a lot of people were saying it depends on the cuisine because as we know andrew Philadelphia has incredible vietnamese food and then new york's probably got some of the highest end Asian fusion restaurants in all of north america Yeah, yeah, I don't I don't know. I think Ah, that one's tough man to say whether the food is better on Which coast I mean Or the cheap food is probably the cheap asian food might be better on the west coast though at that level Like the dollar, but then we have dollar dumplings in china town here. You can't get dollar dumplings anywhere else in america Yeah, I would say that's a good point man Somebody said uh, I think that east coast asians look up to the west coast because we still got hollywood tech A little bit of the less old world industries, right? You know on the east coast is still like finance and private equity and stuff like that You know, I'll say this about a lot of the asians that I know that moved here from california particularly so cal I think that a lot of them move here Because they know it's interesting and they want to be in new york at some point in their life So they'll spend like three to five years here But maybe move back to spend the rest of their life raise the family have the kids right because they're home back in urvine I mean that's appealing guys. So I understand that but I think a lot of the asians that end up moving to new york and staying there Are from other east coast cities because that means their family is only a few hours away But because new york is by far the best city on the east coast That's why they move there to be competitive But a lot of the la ones if you have a good life in urvine for example or sandiaco What is it going to take for you to give that up to live in new york city? Yeah, well, they're not moving to philly from urvine Hey, philly's got some cool stuff. But yeah, I mean you would move to more new york. It's more worth it. Yeah Yeah, somebody said that uh, I feel like at one point that new york city Like partying and just partying in general in the northeast for asians was really club centric people would club hop from asian club to asian club But that the west coast big rave edc style has almost taken over everything Yeah, that's a change that happened in the past like five six years I mean, dude life is way more dynamic in new york city because you can hop from spot to spot But la is you kind of pick your main big club that you go to but is it true? Do you think that vagus style has taken over everything in every city? Yes. Yes. I think vagus style partying is affecting and influencing every big city's Nightlife part. Yeah, somebody said that being americanized is very different from having an asian american identity They said if we were going to go by the americanized game Midwest asians would be by far the most americanized out of all the asians because there is no asians in the midwest But they said that people uh that are asian american I mean asians in the midwest might lack any azn culture word. I think like I think new york is great if you also If you're an asian guy and you also want to meet and easily be around other types of asians and different types of people period You know, I think that's great. I think new york is great. It's very diverse city. Yeah, for sure People were just talking about how unique the west coast asian is, you know, the clothing style from everything to uh Everything I want to give a shout out to specifically so cal and nor cal though and or ultimately I really do think that those places are just like super unique You know in terms of the suburban lifestyle and it's feeling like uh It's hard to describe It's almost like there's more asian american culture there than there is even asian asian culture Almost like you know how hawaii there is asian asian culture, but it's more hawaii asian culture Over asian asian culture. I feel like when you're in the east coast it is more asian asian culture You're in the asianness is more asian. Yes. Okay. It's not asian american as it is asian asian Yeah, yeah, yeah, I could I see what you're saying. Yeah. Anyway guys. I mean those are my general takeaways I think that it is true that you know, ultimately you got to really take a look at your own skill set You know, where are your connections? Who do you really ultimately get along with because I do agree with one thing Finding the right fishbowl for yourself Is probably one of the most important things in life that people do not think enough about Yeah, and this is america, you know, especially if you're somebody with a decent paying job Like and you can move from place to place, man Definitely give it a shot hit up a friend that lives in new york or is staying in new york hit up a friend Who lives in la or oc and just go there for like a week. Yo, what about one month furnished rentals? That's like a new thing. That's really trendy nowadays. Yeah, that's pricey But yeah, I mean whatever Airbnb you can like if you can do it, but I guess what I'm saying is that The the general rules still apply although I think that there are slight differences that I've noticed over the past five six years I would generally say like East coast more straight up a little bit more gritty You know things are a little bit more dirty and wet out here. It is in the more dense Well, that's how america developed was on the east coast first. Right, right, right But the west coast of course honestly if you made me say nicer life I I guess I could see why people would just say the west coast. Yeah, right But it also depends on what type of life you want Hey guys, let us know what you guys think are the pros and the cons or what type of people would thrive on the east coast What type of people would thrive on the west coast Is the midwest or the gulf coast in texas even an option? Maybe I mean for sure for some people let us know what you guys think in the comments section below It's a very interesting discussion. Like we said this pops up Once every few weeks on the internet it goes viral every time with a different crowd Let me add one last thing before we go. I feel like for new york and la comparing these two. It's like new york is Not a Maybe the best city to be unmotivated in I feel like you come here Everybody comes here motivated to do something and that's why I think it's cool because you meet a lot of people who are motivated about something But if you just wanted to chill and not be ambitious and not be motivated the life the baseline life In la is is easier. It's better. Yeah. Yeah. Hey guys pros and cons, man Let us know what you guys think of the comment section below. Keep it civil until next time we to hop up boys We out peace