Two things are very striking about the Chinatown New Year's Street Fair. First about 10% of all of the booths represent gambling, either directly from a casino or bus agency, or as a game. The number of spinning roulette type games was amazing. If you only counted the large booths on Grant Avenue, the percentage would be even larger. Second, there is a large population of very old Chinese. Maybe it was the time of day (mid-morning), but about one quarter were over 65 or they looked as if they were. I don't normally see so many old Chinese folks in Chinatown walking about.
Two things are very striking about the Chinatown New Year's Street Fair. First about 10% of all of the booths represent gambling, either directly from a casino or bus agency, or as a game. The number of spinning roulette type games was amazing. If you only counted the large booths on Grant Avenue, the percentage would be even larger. Second, there is a large population of very old Chinese. Maybe it was the time of day (mid-morning), but about one quarter were over 65 or they looked as if they were. I don't normally see so many old Chinese folks in Chinatown walking about.
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