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Manhattan, New York Chinatown
One of the largest Chinese-American settlements in America, New York's Chinatown got its start in the 1870s, when Chinese railroad workers drifted east from California in the wake of anti-Asian sentiment. Once squeezed into a three-block area, today's Chinatown encompasses around 40 blocks, swinging around Little Italy to Houston Street.