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Chinese communities form a substantial portion of the population of the San Gabriel Valley (). The region has achieved international prominence as a hub of overseas Chinese or ''hua qiao''.〔Reckard, E. Scott and Khouri, Andrew (March 24, 2014) ("Wealthy Chinese home buyers boost suburban L.A. housing markets" ) ''Los Angeles Times''〕 Although Chinese immigrants were a noteworthy presence in the establishment of Southern California from the 19th century, significant Chinese migration to suburban San Gabriel Valley coincided with a trend of white out-migration from the 1970s onward. This opened an opportunity for well-educated and affluent Asian Americans to begin settling in the west San Gabriel Valley, primarily to Monterey Park.〔Horton, John. ''The Politics of Diversity: Immigration, Resistance, and Change in Monterey Park, California ''. Temple University Press, 195. p. 80.Chapter 4〕 High property values and overcrowding in Monterey Park 〔http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/index.aspx?page=726〕 have contributed to a secondary movement away from that city, and the Chinese community is now spread over a cluster of cities in the west San Gabriel Valley. Suburban cities in the valley with large non-white populations, also called ethnoburbs, include Alhambra, Arcadia, Rosemead, San Marino, San Gabriel, South Pasadena, and Temple City and then eastward to Diamond Bar, Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, and Walnut.〔 Numerous Mandarin- and Cantonese-speaking businesses have been established in these suburbs to accommodate the changing population. ==History== The history of the San Gabriel Valley, like so much of the American West included Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and south Asian settlers and pioneers in the mid-19th century. These Asian settlers worked the fields of grapes, citrus fruits, and other crops. They were also involved in the construction of the infrastructure of San Gabriel Valley. This major hub, a main cultural center is an area with many suburban cities just east of Los Angeles, is an "Asian Pacific American phenomenon".〔 Given the San Gabriel Valley's rapidly increasing population of Asian-Americans (largely Chinese-Americans), several business districts were developed to serve their needs.〔Oliver, Myrna (August 12, 1999) ("Developer Who Saw Monterey Park as 'Chinese Beverly Hills' Dies" ) ''Los Angeles Times''〕 Since the 1970s, most Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles Area have preferred these "Ethnic Suburbs" mainly in the San Gabriel Valley, instead of the touristy old "New Chinatown". Chinese Americans are actually a very complex sub-population. Rather than solely being a significant Chinese American cultural center, the area is a hub of much more extensive "multigenerational and multiethnic Asian American diversity." 〔 Of the ten cities in the United States with the highest proportions of Chinese-Americans, the top eight are located in the San Gabriel Valley.〔 As the Chinatown in Los Angeles changes, some residents have moved and businesses from Los Angeles' Chinatown and have opened branches in the San Gabriel Valley area. Through the years, there has been an influx of some 20 million Asian immigrants, especially after the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act.〔Le, C.N. (Aug 20, 2008) ("The History of the First Suburban Chinatown" ) ''the color line'' (Blog) University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Retrieved 2014-04-19〕 Many ethnic suburbs, see ethnoburb, have grown, expanded, and thrived. Most suburban Chinese-oriented areas are east of the old Chinatown, and the majority are contained within the San Gabriel Valley. While they contain prominent Chinese-language signage, these communities do not feature the Chinese-style gateways, or ''paifang'', found in the original Chinatown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chinese enclaves in the San Gabriel Valley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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