Do you mean besides San Francisco? Garden Grove? Westminster?... Not to mention the fact that even though it's located in the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii (Honolulu, Pearl City, and whole island of Oahu) has a very significant Asian population.
I'm a chinese dude living in vancouver and just searched on youtube about my city. I hang out in Richmond all the time, and didn't know about these stats!! I know it's full of asians but didn't know the actual figures.
Funny thing is that if China declared that they were annexing Vancouver and it is now a Chinese colony, that would be cause for war and international sanctions. Instead, if they just encourage millions of Chinese to move into Vancouver and use their massive influence to help get a pro-immigration official elected in Canada, they get the same result but nobody is allowed to protest. This is the new way to build empires, not with ships and guns, but with colonists and paid-for politicians.
@@BoopSnoot your name states more than your entire comment. Anyways noone of Chinese would do that for sure.. maybe .00001% . Theres strong reasons behind why no one would do that.
@@Mo-ig4kp Its already happened. China is rapidly colonizing Africa, Tibet, the UK, Canada, Australia, and the US, and they try to influence the political parties of the target countries to help promote the open border policies that allow it. Once Chinese reach critical mass in a locality, they replace all the politicians with Chinese as well because Chinese people know to vote for Chinese officials. Its a new form of "soft invasion", and works particularly well in countries that are either very poor and corrupt and easily bribed (Africa) and on wealthy but self-loathing "baizuo" that are afraid of being called racist for even recognizing the invasion.
@@BoopSnoot Lol dude, I am pretty sure you are not gonna think in this way if you really know chinese, generally there are 2 kinds of chinese in Canada, some are just for university, other chinese want PR or Canadian passort. Type A leave Canada immediately after they graduate from university, usually these people prefer to live in China, they basically does nothing to Canadian society but paying triple tution fee for same education as local people. Type B is people who has strong motivation to leave China forever, they usually prefer Canadian lifestyle, and there is a good chance they have different political idea to CCP, they don't agree or appreciate CCP's way for most of the time, and that is the majority of regular Chinese immigrant you can see here, ask some chinese immigrants yourself and you are gonna know. Plus, many of you western people don't know, if you have loads of asset in China, it is hard as hell to move it to another country because there are bunch of limitation from government, CCP actually does not encourage people to immigrant to other country.
Will is from Vancouver and the first time I visited, I found it really interesting that you don't actually need to speak English to get around. Such a unique pocket up here in North America, and definitely some of the best Asian food out there!
That's not true, you need to speak English in the lower mainland maybe just not Richmond it is still Canada regardless of how ignorant some immigrants are! Could you imagine moving to China and refusing to speak the language?! Appalling!
Chinese people from my experience in Canada are significantly more exclusionary than other ethnicities, they only take care of and socialize with their own, even if you speak english and try to be friends. The only ethnicity/race they look up to are white people. The housing crises came in to being because of all the money from Hong Kong and chinese obsession with buying real estate. I've known chinese coworkers with 20+ properties in their 20s.
Richmond is predominantly Chinese. You have Asians from other parts of Asia here and there but not nearly as much as Chinese. When you go to Surrey it becomes predominantly Indian.
I mean Surrey as a whole is still pretty diverse, it's 37% Indian, 30% White, 10% Chinese, 10% Filipino which is still pretty diverse if you ask me. Lol@@patrickt49
I live right “next door” in Delta and love seeing this! The history of it and highlights are so accurate. It’s such a nice reflection of it. Thanks for such an awesome video!
Tbh I think Asia is more advanced than the western version of Asia, if we talk about the facilities here. And it’s safer and cleaner in Asia I’d say. But of course, Asia is big
@E Weid I'll make sure your words stay in my comment section for the world to see :) At least we agree that the Indigenous people are the true Canadians. It's unfortunate that colonization and residential schools destroyed so much of their culture and forced them to assimilate into British/French culture.
As someone who lives across the river, I feel the need to say that people outside of Richmond all think most of the residents are assholes. You didn’t get to see it but most of the people live in the west end for the big houses and thus are all rich jerks. The people who live and work in and around the malls are normal but honestly normal Vancouver is already so Asian that if you want authentic Chinese just walk 10 blocks in any direction and you’ll find it.
I'm CBC, born and raised in Vancouver. I know...a lot of people who first meet me, say "wow, I'm able to meet someone who's actually born here" :-). The high school that I went to was very diverse. Mainly, it had a lot of Native Indigenous people and Vietnamese. It also had Chinese, East Indians, Latinos, Phillipinos, Japanese, Korean, Fijians, Persians, white people of Hungarian descent, Polish, British, etc. What's great about it was that it was "normal". I guess that it was becuz that we were kids who never experienced anything different. No one thought much about it. Not to say that my school was nice nor perfect, becuz it wasn't. It's just that the issue of race was never an issue/topic. It had a lot of other problems, but that's another topic. Anyway, in French class, the French teacher quite often delivered an anti-England undertone. The textbook that she made us read from compared England to France (with English being subpar/underdeveloped). I had friends who were Vietnamese, Native, Fijian, White (British, Hungarian, etc), Filipino, Chinese, Persian, etc. And this diversity was just as normal as being in cliques less diverse, ie all East Indian, Chinese, White, etc. But the point is that whether your friends were the same race or different raced, it was all normal. No one thought much about it. Guess that we had other "real" issue/problems to deal with :-)
Richmond looks like Hong Kong but with space. I've heard about Canada being the #1 destination for Hong Kong immigrants but I had no idea about this. Thanks for the video
I’m from Richmond and this video was very interesting to watch!! I also agree with the girl in the video on how I didn’t really know that Richmond was different to other places in North America. I feel proud of my hometown 🙂
Bro I’m from Vancouver. Asian community is definitely having a hard time as of late. Honestly I’m living in Calgary but I love Vancouver and Richmond for the Asian food and various cultures. lol
U should've hit up Leenda Dong, she loves Lido restaurant. Highkey I wanted to see u review the Richmond public market, its the most asian place u can get. Tbh, Richmond has shifted a lot, previously there it was stronger cantonese influence, but nowadays lots more from china mainland have settled here which also brings more diverse chinese food over, which is a plus!
As a Torontonian living in Richmond now, this video is a good little look into Richmond’s charm points. But it feels comparatively small and less dense to Toronto..that’s probably the only negative point I have.
White guy who moved here almost 3 years ago. I knew it was super asian, so I wont go into that. But compared to all the neighboring BC cities. I LOVE richmond. Not just the food but the people are friendlier than vancouver and surrey, I can leave something in public and walk away and it will still be there hours or even a day later. In vancouver stuff gets jacked in seconds even if its literally bolted into the concrete! The buildings are not so uniform and boring but fun to look at, and there are trees and flowers all along the streets, even no.3 road looks nice. Parking is mostly free, prices are lower than other places in BC. Its just great. I agree about the food though, so many places I wanna eat at but Im too broke to eat out often qq. Pretty much every place I try though I love. Oh yeah, even the doctors are fast. In the rest of canada I always have to wait forever to see a doctor but in richmond they are wayy faster. I honestly cant express how much I feel like I won the "move to" lottery after 3 years. I think you should make another video focusing on the non-asian aspects of the city too. I like the asian influences but the city still has so many cool features. IMO its the most Canadian city in the lower mainland despite its major ethnicity being overseas.
Yes, it would have been cool to see the different culture of South Richmond. Like Steveston, Gary Point Park etc. This is all North Richmond they are showing.
I didn't grow up there but I'm in Richmond at least 4x a year (at least once per season). I miss hiking in North Vancouver but I'll be back in richmond this weekend anyway to catch a bit of spring since it's extremely hot & humid summer where I am right now. Was that the milk tea place under Superstore? I like the White Rabbit Ice Cream Rolls from Ice Queen in Aberdeen.
I was in Vancouver in 1972, it appears Chinese fled Hong Kong after the British lease ended. How many Chinese in Canada have given up their Chinese citizenship? How many other immigrants in Canada are Dual Citizens? I would be interested in seeing that data.
Well if they are from Mainland China they are technically not allow to have dual citizenship since the Chinese government doesn't allow it. But if from HK they have what is considered permanent residency Status in HK even if they don't currently live in HK. It's almost like a citizenship status for HKers. It could also act like a dual status. Like HKers who gets citizenship oversea could get 2 passports.
I Chinese but has lived in Richmond since 2008. I've noticed that some of the older folks who aren't Asian sometimes think Cantonese is Mandarin since people from Guangdong and Hong Kong were the first to immigrate to Richmond from China so Canto was the more common dialect. Now, more people from Northern China are moving here so Mando is now the more common language. There was also a Japanese community that lived in Steveston that mainly worked in the fishing industry pre WW2 but were mostly deported due to the pearl harbour bombings. However, there is still a small Japanese community living there today in that same area. There is also a village called Finn Slough with about 30 residents of Finnish fishers who moved here in the 60s that live in stilt houses.
A city so Asian I befriended a Chinese man in his 40s at the skatepark. He said skateboarding is cheap fun and good exercise (Richmond British Columbia had this skatepark by a Korean bakery-cafe)
@E Weid no, he meant like a gym is not fun and plus you pay money but skateboarding is even more fun but free. He said he would pay but he is glad there exist free public skateboard parks.
Awesome video Jensen! You're a natural and love the editing style. My wife and I came across this video because we live in the US and looking at what it's like to be in a multicultural place where you can be accepted as yourself. As you may have seen, racism is rampant in the US now because of Covid-19. I love the way you summed it up at the end. I used to live in Canada and am a citizen myself and very proud to be one because of the attitudes shown in this video. Keep it up, it gives great hope for minorities!
Wow man, your Chinese accent is really good! That place looks really like Flushing in NYC. By the way, my roommate who was American really likes karaoke and Escape Room.
I would say... Richmond is the biggest Chinese city outside of China and not an asian city as you said in this video. I am Japanese and lived there for almost 3 years and never met a single local japanese, but only japanese tourists and international students from Japan.
Have you been to Japanese restaurant for Japanese food? I had been to couples of Japanese restaurants & also some Japanese food stores for food and “ Bindo”. How about the Japanese restaurant in Stevenson?
Wow, this is a really great video. I really love Richmond! I haven't lived there nor am I Asian, I grew up just on the other side of the tunnel in delta and have lots of great memories there. If I ever moved away from Vancouver its one of the parts of the city I would miss the most. It seems like there are always different and interesting things there that make other suburban parts of Vancouver feel kind of dull and boring in comparison. A reasonable percentage of my friends are Chinese or from other Asian backgrounds and they have often been some of my best friends, and while I have never learned Chinese I have learned quite a bit of Japanese which makes it fun for me to go to places like e-spot or karaoke or even just walking around Asian specialty stores to use some of the Japanese I've learned and more recently see things that bring back memories of places I have traveled.
Richmond aka "Rich-Man". As a local in Metro Van, I've been around during the various waves of influx. The older gen will know exactly what I'm talking about (re "Rich-Man"). I've also been told that Richmond has good feng-shui in that the city has been known as the "pearl in the dragon's mouth". Have a look at a wide-area satellite of Metro Vancouver and you'll immediately know what I mean.
I lived in Vancouver for ~10 years but never tried the Li-do restaurant. Now I live in HK now, and watching your video tells me i should go try the one in HK...haha
I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Richmond when I was only 2! Lived here all my life. Happy to see u enjoyed your trip!! Come back next time, lots of other fun places to visit here! 😊
A great place where you learn people came here to learn no English ...do realestate deals that drive out locals and destroy local neighbourhoods with empty house...and give nothing in the form of donations or community work...and whose children drive expensive cars and spend there Satellite Mom and Dad's Money....
Another quality video Jensen! Thank you! Btw- have you heard of Subtle Cantonese Traits on FB? It's gone viral overnight and the memes are hilarious emojis xD
@Hillbilly Hempster no they're not. Chinese have contributed to Canada since 1800s. Learn some history. Canada is still a country being built, not a country that's been built. In 100 years Canada will be a true multi ethnic country. There's no such thing as a "true" Canadian right now because the country is so young. It's ethicity, culture, and identity are still being crafted as we speak.
Richmond is a terrible city. The people are so cold and so racist. You see people marching and crying about racism, yet the most racist city in Canada is never discussed. I wonder why...
Let me share George Santayana's quote that goes "A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. " Please bear in mind yeah.
omg I live in Richmond!! Thank you so much for coming !! The Asian food here is amazing ;; Edit: sometimes there’s a bad connotation that people from Richmond are associated with which isn’t always true, so thank you so much for showing the good points of our city !!
When I went to Richmond I felt like I was in China not Canada. Ethnic enclaves are a real problem in Canada. Creating many "countries" in a country. Nothing like the idea of a melting pot.
Can you expand on the term melting pot? Enclaves of cultures naturally happen in cities, like little Italy for example. If we look at New York, I consider that a melting pot of cultures. There's distinct Jewish communities as well as Chinese communities.
You never been in France for saying that. Quebec and France are as similar than the USA and the U.K. Furthermore, expect people to speak french in Quebec it's our language.
@@allenchan6855 Concerning the ethnic enclaves, I think setting up a community exactly like they have back home which is geared towards a specific group of people is detrimental. How is multiculturalism practiced, how do people communicate, share and have a sense of oneness with each other in a more or less mono cultural ethnic enclave? I like the idea of a melting pot, the USA has ethnic communities but people are American first. Different ethnicities blended together interacting with one another etc. Have you ever gone to the Italian or Greek celebrations at summertime in Vancouver? I know in Burnaby they had Scandinavian week as well. To me it seems Canada is very divided and not much multiculturalism truly goes on, people tend to stick in their ethnic groups.
I actually think that's the best way. So everyone can keep their culture as a whole. If you want Asian food, you go to the Asian area. If you want to live like a French, go to Quebec.
You are very correct there. In the 90’s when many people from Asia moved here, all the cultures mixed together. Once the Asian population exploded, Chinese people segregated themselves to Richmond, East Indians segregated to South Vancouver and Surrey, and Iranians (not Asian, but part of massive immigration) segregated themselves to a certain area in North Vancouver. It was much better when everybody mixed in the 90’s. It’s like we are taking a step back, not forward. South Richmond is very different from North Richmond too. It only takes 7 minutes to drive from the very North of Richmond to the very South. Even in a city so small, South Richmond feels like a completely different city from North Richmond.
As Indian asian I love to try Chinese ,korean ,japnese food specially dumpling coz in indian dumpling i eat they are different to Chinese one I think its all about filling 😅but its so tasty😋
In canada we dont consider indians as asian, that term is reserved for east asians. Surrey is known to be where all the indians live and is just across the river
Thats why canada prime minister justin trudeau wit family meet and receive direct our bollywood superstar sharukh khan at airport wht Reserve for east asians 🤣🤣canada is big if u wnt to liv there not surry part so its not big deal and other i think wnt live there surry river side their choice but ur information westerners don't know we are southeast Asian and China Japan all Asian countries have similarities not jus food we related to good neibors and if u look deep I know u don't 😌queen from India married Korean king so for ur information we know our history don't misunderstand coz u don't know about Asians much & history and ya u can say that most of westners don't know about India but now 21century our artist grow more work wit others artist so about India u will know soon 😌ma friend
People familiar with Hong Kong will known that there is an area on the south shore of Hong Kong Island known in English as Aberdeen but in Chinese as Hyeung Gong Tsai (Little Hong Kong). The Chinese name of Richmond's Aberdeen Mall matches the Hong Kong name. But the connection to the Scottish city of Aberdeen is maintained because Robbie Burns Day (January 25) is near the Chinese New Year (depending on the year).
This video made me hungry AF....OMG. And I've been to China several times, the mall you went to looks almost exactly like a 萬達廣場 in China. If I go to Canada, I know which city I'm hitting up.
@@AlCatSplat It shows how the native population is being displaced and replaced. Would you have a problem with Cities in India, China, or Nigeria being majority ethnically British people?
@@fox21231 white people not even a native in canada but red indians is , so what you want to say ?? Lollllll.... all white people in Australia, New Zealand, united states, canada is immigrants from Europe. Srr my eng not good...
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Where are some other Asian spots in North America? Let me know!
Surrey bc it has the largest Indian population out side of India ,
@@squamishfish yea I went to Lena Shaw elementary in Surrey and John Norquay Elementary school in Vancouver. lol
Do you mean besides San Francisco? Garden Grove? Westminster?...
Not to mention the fact that even though it's located in the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii (Honolulu, Pearl City, and whole island of Oahu) has a very significant Asian population.
Seattle
I did all those things
Richmond seems like the city where Jensen Tung will find his future girlfriend
or boyfriend
@@Robert89349 😂😂😂
@@Robert89349 lol
Yeah....nah
I'm a chinese dude living in vancouver and just searched on youtube about my city. I hang out in Richmond all the time, and didn't know about these stats!! I know it's full of asians but didn't know the actual figures.
Funny thing is that if China declared that they were annexing Vancouver and it is now a Chinese colony, that would be cause for war and international sanctions. Instead, if they just encourage millions of Chinese to move into Vancouver and use their massive influence to help get a pro-immigration official elected in Canada, they get the same result but nobody is allowed to protest. This is the new way to build empires, not with ships and guns, but with colonists and paid-for politicians.
@@BoopSnoot your name states more than your entire comment. Anyways noone of Chinese would do that for sure.. maybe .00001% . Theres strong reasons behind why no one would do that.
@@Mo-ig4kp Its already happened. China is rapidly colonizing Africa, Tibet, the UK, Canada, Australia, and the US, and they try to influence the political parties of the target countries to help promote the open border policies that allow it. Once Chinese reach critical mass in a locality, they replace all the politicians with Chinese as well because Chinese people know to vote for Chinese officials. Its a new form of "soft invasion", and works particularly well in countries that are either very poor and corrupt and easily bribed (Africa) and on wealthy but self-loathing "baizuo" that are afraid of being called racist for even recognizing the invasion.
@@Mo-ig4kp lol
@@BoopSnoot Lol dude, I am pretty sure you are not gonna think in this way if you really know chinese, generally there are 2 kinds of chinese in Canada, some are just for university, other chinese want PR or Canadian passort. Type A leave Canada immediately after they graduate from university, usually these people prefer to live in China, they basically does nothing to Canadian society but paying triple tution fee for same education as local people. Type B is people who has strong motivation to leave China forever, they usually prefer Canadian lifestyle, and there is a good chance they have different political idea to CCP, they don't agree or appreciate CCP's way for most of the time, and that is the majority of regular Chinese immigrant you can see here, ask some chinese immigrants yourself and you are gonna know. Plus, many of you western people don't know, if you have loads of asset in China, it is hard as hell to move it to another country because there are bunch of limitation from government, CCP actually does not encourage people to immigrant to other country.
Will is from Vancouver and the first time I visited, I found it really interesting that you don't actually need to speak English to get around. Such a unique pocket up here in North America, and definitely some of the best Asian food out there!
I'm very missing alot
That's not true, you need to speak English in the lower mainland maybe just not Richmond it is still Canada regardless of how ignorant some immigrants are! Could you imagine moving to China and refusing to speak the language?! Appalling!
Chinese people from my experience in Canada are significantly more exclusionary than other ethnicities, they only take care of and socialize with their own, even if you speak english and try to be friends. The only ethnicity/race they look up to are white people. The housing crises came in to being because of all the money from Hong Kong and chinese obsession with buying real estate. I've known chinese coworkers with 20+ properties in their 20s.
It’s now 80.1% Asian
Richmond is predominantly Chinese. You have Asians from other parts of Asia here and there but not nearly as much as Chinese. When you go to Surrey it becomes predominantly Indian.
I mean Surrey as a whole is still pretty diverse, it's 37% Indian, 30% White, 10% Chinese, 10% Filipino which is still pretty diverse if you ask me. Lol@@patrickt49
I live right “next door” in Delta and love seeing this! The history of it and highlights are so accurate. It’s such a nice reflection of it. Thanks for such an awesome video!
Richmond is one of my favorite cities in BC, it has some of the best Chinese food I have ever had in my life
Difference is that in Asia, it's more dense and filled while in Richmond space is spread out.
Spaced out in comparison to what? Surrey? It's still quite dense compared to other places.
@@patrickt49 He literaly said in the comment, compared to places in Asia
Tbh I think Asia is more advanced than the western version of Asia, if we talk about the facilities here. And it’s safer and cleaner in Asia I’d say. But of course, Asia is big
In Canada we don’t care your ethnicity or where you come from. Just care for each other and treat everyone equally. Have fun be polite.
Canadian people seem to be very warm und friendly.
@three blind mice i feel bad for you white man.
@E Weid lol you clearly aren't Canadian
@@coaster6777 they are
@E Weid I'll make sure your words stay in my comment section for the world to see :) At least we agree that the Indigenous people are the true Canadians. It's unfortunate that colonization and residential schools destroyed so much of their culture and forced them to assimilate into British/French culture.
As someone who lives across the river, I feel the need to say that people outside of Richmond all think most of the residents are assholes. You didn’t get to see it but most of the people live in the west end for the big houses and thus are all rich jerks. The people who live and work in and around the malls are normal but honestly normal Vancouver is already so Asian that if you want authentic Chinese just walk 10 blocks in any direction and you’ll find it.
I think you mean the Westside, not the West End.
I think you may be racist, most Asian people in Vancouver love Richmond
I'm CBC, born and raised in Vancouver. I know...a lot of people who first meet me, say "wow, I'm able to meet someone who's actually born here" :-). The high school that I went to was very diverse. Mainly, it had a lot of Native Indigenous people and Vietnamese. It also had Chinese, East Indians, Latinos, Phillipinos, Japanese, Korean, Fijians, Persians, white people of Hungarian descent, Polish, British, etc. What's great about it was that it was "normal". I guess that it was becuz that we were kids who never experienced anything different. No one thought much about it. Not to say that my school was nice nor perfect, becuz it wasn't. It's just that the issue of race was never an issue/topic. It had a lot of other problems, but that's another topic. Anyway, in French class, the French teacher quite often delivered an anti-England undertone. The textbook that she made us read from compared England to France (with English being subpar/underdeveloped). I had friends who were Vietnamese, Native, Fijian, White (British, Hungarian, etc), Filipino, Chinese, Persian, etc. And this diversity was just as normal as being in cliques less diverse, ie all East Indian, Chinese, White, etc. But the point is that whether your friends were the same race or different raced, it was all normal. No one thought much about it. Guess that we had other "real" issue/problems to deal with :-)
Classic French. Always jealous of the superior British. We let them have Quebec so they should be thankful.
wow! richmond seems so amazing!!! definitely will use this video as a guide if I ever visit 🙏 thanks Jensen 🥰
Be careful, you might end up living there!
@@jensentung not sure if that will ever happen but I'll be cautious!! 🤫
This channel is one of the most chillaxable and enjoyable video recently.
Keep it up man
Thank you!!
Richmond looks like Hong Kong but with space. I've heard about Canada being the #1 destination for Hong Kong immigrants but I had no idea about this. Thanks for the video
Jensen, your video is in such a high quality, don't even know why the watching isn't tenth time than now.
Thank you!!
I’m from Richmond and this video was very interesting to watch!! I also agree with the girl in the video on how I didn’t really know that Richmond was different to other places in North America. I feel proud of my hometown 🙂
Is your city really expensive in terms of rent and housing?
@@mollylizabeth Yes but slightly cheaper than Vancouver for rent and housing
Bro I’m from Vancouver. Asian community is definitely having a hard time as of late. Honestly I’m living in Calgary but I love Vancouver and Richmond for the Asian food and various cultures. lol
I LOVE THIS VIDEO. my favourite so far!!! the shots are amazing. YOU DESERVE MORE SUBSCRIBERS!
There is a warm feeling you get when you watch someone visit your home
And an even warmer feeling when foreigners call your peoples land...home. yeah...so warm, it's hot red.
@@algorithmicalychallenged.291 lol I've been here since birth
So I think I'm qualified enough to call this my home
@@HSKY69 that's how an invasion works.
@@algorithmicalychallenged.291 Sort of like how European colonizers invaded the indigenous peoples' land?
Nearby Pacific Ocean
I went there as an Indian from the UK 🇬🇧 I loved the asian people there
U should've hit up Leenda Dong, she loves Lido restaurant. Highkey I wanted to see u review the Richmond public market, its the most asian place u can get. Tbh, Richmond has shifted a lot, previously there it was stronger cantonese influence, but nowadays lots more from china mainland have settled here which also brings more diverse chinese food over, which is a plus!
Haha I heard Public Market is crazy hectic in the mornings! It's definitely a Richmond landmark.
As a Torontonian living in Richmond now, this video is a good little look into Richmond’s charm points. But it feels comparatively small and less dense to Toronto..that’s probably the only negative point I have.
You can't even compare the two. Night and day.
Surreal seeing my own hometown being featured in videos
White guy who moved here almost 3 years ago. I knew it was super asian, so I wont go into that. But compared to all the neighboring BC cities. I LOVE richmond. Not just the food but the people are friendlier than vancouver and surrey, I can leave something in public and walk away and it will still be there hours or even a day later. In vancouver stuff gets jacked in seconds even if its literally bolted into the concrete!
The buildings are not so uniform and boring but fun to look at, and there are trees and flowers all along the streets, even no.3 road looks nice. Parking is mostly free, prices are lower than other places in BC. Its just great.
I agree about the food though, so many places I wanna eat at but Im too broke to eat out often qq. Pretty much every place I try though I love. Oh yeah, even the doctors are fast. In the rest of canada I always have to wait forever to see a doctor but in richmond they are wayy faster. I honestly cant express how much I feel like I won the "move to" lottery after 3 years.
I think you should make another video focusing on the non-asian aspects of the city too. I like the asian influences but the city still has so many cool features.
IMO its the most Canadian city in the lower mainland despite its major ethnicity being overseas.
Yes, it would have been cool to see the different culture of South Richmond. Like Steveston, Gary Point Park etc. This is all North Richmond they are showing.
This video represents Richmond so well, I love it! Great job!
Richmond is like Hurstville or Chatswood in Sydney Australia
I love it too
I didn't grow up there but I'm in Richmond at least 4x a year (at least once per season). I miss hiking in North Vancouver but I'll be back in richmond this weekend anyway to catch a bit of spring since it's extremely hot & humid summer where I am right now.
Was that the milk tea place under Superstore?
I like the White Rabbit Ice Cream Rolls from Ice Queen in Aberdeen.
just gotta say, I lived here and I think that you've got some of the nicest friends one would be able to find for this type of city.
as long as everyone is getting along with each other and respecting each other, why not!
I've been to Richmond, places like Richmond are everywhere across the whole greater Sydney including the CBD (downtown area).
Is that 74% including everyone from an Asian country including Russia, Arabic speaking countries, Iran, India... or just the oriental countries?
Richcity represent!! 🙌🙌
Richmond California yeeee lol
A Richmond to Richmond road trip. Oh yes.
This was really interesting, good job!
Thank you!
I was in Vancouver in 1972, it appears Chinese fled Hong Kong after the British lease ended. How many Chinese in Canada have given up their Chinese citizenship? How many other immigrants in Canada are Dual Citizens? I would be interested in seeing that data.
Well if they are from Mainland China they are technically not allow to have dual citizenship since the Chinese government doesn't allow it. But if from HK they have what is considered permanent residency Status in HK even if they don't currently live in HK. It's almost like a citizenship status for HKers. It could also act like a dual status. Like HKers who gets citizenship oversea could get 2 passports.
this is like really well put together well done
How are you not at 100k+ subscribers yet. Your videos are dope!
He's only been semi-popular starting 1 year ago
I Chinese but has lived in Richmond since 2008. I've noticed that some of the older folks who aren't Asian sometimes think Cantonese is Mandarin since people from Guangdong and Hong Kong were the first to immigrate to Richmond from China so Canto was the more common dialect. Now, more people from Northern China are moving here so Mando is now the more common language. There was also a Japanese community that lived in Steveston that mainly worked in the fishing industry pre WW2 but were mostly deported due to the pearl harbour bombings. However, there is still a small Japanese community living there today in that same area. There is also a village called Finn Slough with about 30 residents of Finnish fishers who moved here in the 60s that live in stilt houses.
As a white kid growing up in Richmond, can confirm that us white people can never remember the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin. :P
@@andrewdewade Lol. I'm half/half so I can confidently say that canto is usually the deeper sounding one.
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The first place: Aberdeen
The arcade: E-sport
#3: a random karaoke place
The rest idk i live in Richmond-
It looked so nice and peaceful before the takeover
A city so Asian I befriended a Chinese man in his 40s at the skatepark. He said skateboarding is cheap fun and good exercise (Richmond British Columbia had this skatepark by a Korean bakery-cafe)
@E Weid no, he meant like a gym is not fun and plus you pay money but skateboarding is even more fun but free. He said he would pay but he is glad there exist free public skateboard parks.
Dope vid JT!
Awesome video Jensen! You're a natural and love the editing style. My wife and I came across this video because we live in the US and looking at what it's like to be in a multicultural place where you can be accepted as yourself. As you may have seen, racism is rampant in the US now because of Covid-19. I love the way you summed it up at the end. I used to live in Canada and am a citizen myself and very proud to be one because of the attitudes shown in this video. Keep it up, it gives great hope for minorities!
Thank you. I'm lucky to live in a place where, although not perfect, is quite tolerant of diversity. Stay strong!
Glad you guys think Richmond night market is bad, so I can trust your suggestion.
Wow man, your Chinese accent is really good! That place looks really like Flushing in NYC. By the way, my roommate who was American really likes karaoke and Escape Room.
Haha I find my accent is very CBC. I definitely want to visit NYC sometime in the future!
@@jensentung Haha your accent sounds way better when you singing songs in Mandarin.
I would say... Richmond is the biggest Chinese city outside of China and not an asian city as you said in this video. I am Japanese and lived there for almost 3 years and never met a single local japanese, but only japanese tourists and international students from Japan.
if you go to Misako hair studio in Richmond then you will meet some Japanese hair stylists there.
Have you been to Japanese restaurant for Japanese food? I had been to couples of Japanese restaurants & also some Japanese food stores for food and “ Bindo”. How about the Japanese restaurant in Stevenson?
No, Singapore is the biggest china city outside china, second is Kuala Lumpur..
35 seconds in, and I love it already man! subbed
Wow, this is a really great video. I really love Richmond! I haven't lived there nor am I Asian, I grew up just on the other side of the tunnel in delta and have lots of great memories there. If I ever moved away from Vancouver its one of the parts of the city I would miss the most. It seems like there are always different and interesting things there that make other suburban parts of Vancouver feel kind of dull and boring in comparison. A reasonable percentage of my friends are Chinese or from other Asian backgrounds and they have often been some of my best friends, and while I have never learned Chinese I have learned quite a bit of Japanese which makes it fun for me to go to places like e-spot or karaoke or even just walking around Asian specialty stores to use some of the Japanese I've learned and more recently see things that bring back memories of places I have traveled.
I think the people who are cutting the pig (Lechon) are Filipinos, because it is one of our Favourite dishes here in the Philippines.
like first, then watch the video
keep up the good work !
I appreciate you.
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Richmond aka "Rich-Man". As a local in Metro Van, I've been around during the various waves of influx. The older gen will know exactly what I'm talking about (re "Rich-Man").
I've also been told that Richmond has good feng-shui in that the city has been known as the "pearl in the dragon's mouth". Have a look at a wide-area satellite of Metro Vancouver and you'll immediately know what I mean.
LOL its the EXACT same reason why the Asians have avoided white rock/south surrey. White was always bad luck for them.
That's changing slowly
As a Richmond Resident, I can confirm we are mostly Asian.
Thank you love
Very interesting video, I'm Asian too and I love Canada, wish to go there!
I feel like Aberdeen is the most east Asian mall in richmond
Lansdowne and richmond center aren't as similar to Aberdeen. Definetly a great place
And to think that just two weeks later, all that mingling in the mall you would see in the video would be gone for a long time.
Good.
I lived in Vancouver for ~10 years but never tried the Li-do restaurant. Now I live in HK now, and watching your video tells me i should go try the one in HK...haha
Where should I stay in Vancouver if I want to be in the hub of cool Asian things? Richmond?
I’m coming to visit you Jensen.. DOPE quality vloggity as always 😍
I'll tour you around bro!
Richmond is named as “Little Hong Kong”
This is a city that I would really enjoy visiting. The selection of foods looks wonderful.
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I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Richmond when I was only 2! Lived here all my life. Happy to see u enjoyed your trip!! Come back next time, lots of other fun places to visit here! 😊
Thank you! I don't live too far away, so I'll definitely be back :)
A great place where you learn people came here to learn no English ...do realestate deals that drive out locals and destroy local neighbourhoods with empty house...and give nothing in the form of donations or community work...and whose children drive expensive cars and spend there Satellite Mom and Dad's Money....
This is true but Chinese are doing better than Whites here for a reason
your vlogs are so good
One of the most underrated youtubers for sure
Another quality video Jensen! Thank you! Btw- have you heard of Subtle Cantonese Traits on FB? It's gone viral overnight and the memes are hilarious emojis xD
No, but you just got me to join it! haha
of all the Chinese in the Vancouver area, half are from Hong Kong. remember that china has a population of over a billion and HK has 7,5mio.
Hey! Is Richmond considered an expensive city? Rent and housing??
The dim sum looked 🔥🔥🔥! Awesome video my man. You should check out Chicago's Chinatown someday!
Added to my travel list!
Correction, 74% mainland Chinese.
hong kong isn't the mainland but sure thing bucko
@@Haotheman Are you upset because the rich mainland Chinese pushed you into the country side 🤣
@@coolb359 I am not from neither hong kong or mainland china
@@Haotheman sure, whatever helps you sleep at night “bucko”
@@coolb359 Will do, buckaroo
It's also the headquarters of Nintendo of Canada.
aberdeen center food court goes hard!
as a local, i think there aren’t many options to choose from, but the bubble waffle cafe goes hard
I've lived in Richmond for 40 years. Food is awesome
@iyttffgel507it is very good
I'm from Surrey, BC (two cities over) biggest Sikh community in North America if not outside of India
I am Chinese and from Canada 🇨🇦 and I miss British Columbia a lot
@Hillbilly Hempster no they're not. Chinese have contributed to Canada since 1800s. Learn some history. Canada is still a country being built, not a country that's been built. In 100 years Canada will be a true multi ethnic country. There's no such thing as a "true" Canadian right now because the country is so young. It's ethicity, culture, and identity are still being crafted as we speak.
@@Pairofkingsup how rude , you are trying to disregard the euro ethnic people of Canada , why do so many Asians move to western countries
@B.B. Gun Hero Actually they are immigrants only the First Nations are 100 percent Canadian thanks
Hi from another Asian in Australia from HK china
@Proud Boy No one is "truly Canadian" except for indigenous people.
Nice video! Excellent storytelling!
Thank you!
Richmond is a terrible city. The people are so cold and so racist. You see people marching and crying about racism, yet the most racist city in Canada is never discussed. I wonder why...
Let me share George Santayana's quote that goes "A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. " Please bear in mind yeah.
Great video bro! Are u from Vancouver?
lots of them are FU ER DAI and that is cool, but thye are sweeping proterties here like crazy hahaha I love it though
omg I live in Richmond!! Thank you so much for coming !! The Asian food here is amazing ;;
Edit: sometimes there’s a bad connotation that people from Richmond are associated with which isn’t always true, so thank you so much for showing the good points of our city !!
Thanks for having me :)
Everyone criticizes richmond driving
Brian Cai thats true 😔
Wow, never know this !! I was in and out from 1994 - 2008. EX-Microsoft, retired from Microsoft in 2008. Sr. Tech Lead.
Richmond is my fav part of vancouver i live in melbourne and went to vancouver in sep 2019
@Person Hello yes
By the way, which language is the most spoken one among young people (13-30), english or chinese (mandarin/cantonese)?
Why not all?
Great work!
I'm calling Richmond "New Hong Kong City"
When I went to Richmond I felt like I was in China not Canada. Ethnic enclaves are a real problem in Canada. Creating many "countries" in a country. Nothing like the idea of a melting pot.
Can you expand on the term melting pot? Enclaves of cultures naturally happen in cities, like little Italy for example. If we look at New York, I consider that a melting pot of cultures. There's distinct Jewish communities as well as Chinese communities.
You never been in France for saying that. Quebec and France are as similar than the USA and the U.K. Furthermore, expect people to speak french in Quebec it's our language.
@@allenchan6855 Concerning the ethnic enclaves, I think setting up a community exactly like they have back home which is geared towards a specific group of people is detrimental. How is multiculturalism practiced, how do people communicate, share and have a sense of oneness with each other in a more or less mono cultural ethnic enclave?
I like the idea of a melting pot, the USA has ethnic communities but people are American first. Different ethnicities blended together interacting with one another etc.
Have you ever gone to the Italian or Greek celebrations at summertime in Vancouver? I know in Burnaby they had Scandinavian week as well. To me it seems Canada is very divided and not much multiculturalism truly goes on, people tend to stick in their ethnic groups.
I actually think that's the best way. So everyone can keep their culture as a whole. If you want Asian food, you go to the Asian area. If you want to live like a French, go to Quebec.
You are very correct there. In the 90’s when many people from Asia moved here, all the cultures mixed together. Once the Asian population exploded, Chinese people segregated themselves to Richmond, East Indians segregated to South Vancouver and Surrey, and Iranians (not Asian, but part of massive immigration) segregated themselves to a certain area in North Vancouver. It was much better when everybody mixed in the 90’s. It’s like we are taking a step back, not forward.
South Richmond is very different from North Richmond too. It only takes 7 minutes to drive from the very North of Richmond to the very South. Even in a city so small, South Richmond feels like a completely different city from North Richmond.
I live in Vancouver near Richmond and I never knew about this in Richmond.
Burnaby also has most Chinese citizens.
As Indian asian I love to try Chinese ,korean ,japnese food specially dumpling coz in indian dumpling i eat they are different to Chinese one I think its all about filling 😅but its so tasty😋
In canada we dont consider indians as asian, that term is reserved for east asians. Surrey is known to be where all the indians live and is just across the river
Thats why canada prime minister justin trudeau wit family meet and receive direct our bollywood superstar sharukh khan at airport wht Reserve for east asians 🤣🤣canada is big if u wnt to liv there not surry part so its not big deal and other i think wnt live there surry river side their choice but ur information westerners don't know we are southeast Asian and China Japan all Asian countries have similarities not jus food we related to good neibors and if u look deep I know u don't 😌queen from India married Korean king so for ur information we know our history don't misunderstand coz u don't know about Asians much & history and ya u can say that most of westners don't know about India but now 21century our artist grow more work wit others artist so about India u will know soon 😌ma friend
@@tonytomato100 As an info-canadian we are also considered South Asian, what kind of shit are u on.
@@tonytomato100 Southeast Asians are Filipinos (also half Pacific Islander), Laotioans,Thailanders, Vietnamese, Malay, Indonesian, Cambodians, Burmese, etc..
@@tonytomato100that’s highly stupid Asian means pan Asian not just East Asian
I loovvee Richmond ! i have been theyre 1 week in 2018 and i fell in love with this place !! I will go back when covid will end.
yea they also have a ccp offoce there , amd notr so long ago , chinese military was doind drills there .
You need to drop a mixtape!
Hell yeah my man you did a good job
People familiar with Hong Kong will known that there is an area on the south shore of Hong Kong Island known in English as Aberdeen but in Chinese as Hyeung Gong Tsai (Little Hong Kong). The Chinese name of Richmond's Aberdeen Mall matches the Hong Kong name. But the connection to the Scottish city of Aberdeen is maintained because Robbie Burns Day (January 25) is near the Chinese New Year (depending on the year).
This video made me hungry AF....OMG. And I've been to China several times, the mall you went to looks almost exactly like a 萬達廣場 in China. If I go to Canada, I know which city I'm hitting up.
Ahhhh ditchmond. Amazing pork jerky, and uhhhh yeah that's it.
How does a city become 60% immigrant? There is seriously something wrong with Canadas immigration settlements policies.
I don’t see a problem with that.
@@AlCatSplat It shows how the native population is being displaced and replaced. Would you have a problem with Cities in India, China, or Nigeria being majority ethnically British people?
We are all bloody humans, and share like 99.99% of our DNA. Seriously shut the fuck up
@@cascadia6260 What does that have to do with what I said? So youre fine with India and Nigeria becoming majority ethnic British?
@@fox21231 white people not even a native in canada but red indians is , so what you want to say ?? Lollllll.... all white people in Australia, New Zealand, united states, canada is immigrants from Europe. Srr my eng not good...
is that Richmond Center?
reminds me of the old/good days in Hong Kong.
Nothing better than fresh Pineapple Buns!