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Want to have [[The Triads and The Tongs|Triad]] members in a story? Have them in Chinatown. Ming dynasty vases being sold illegally? Chinatown. [[Opium Den|Opium Dens]]? Chinatown. People who [[All Asians Know Martial Arts|know martial arts]]? Chinatown. You don't even need to leave your own city!
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* ''[[Magnum PI|Magnum, P.I.]]'' and ''[[Hawaii Five O|Hawaii 5-0]]'' often had stories set in Honolulu's Chinatown, not the least reason being the distinctive '30s architecture and the (until recently, [[Truth in Television]]) dangerous and seedy reputation of the main street in Chinatown, Hotel Street. In fact, the Wo Fat building, a Chinatown landmark, had its name borrowed by ''Hawaii 5-0's'' production staff for one of their recurring villains, a [[Red China|Chinese communist agent]].
* Philadelphia has a large Chinatown that for some reason never appears in fiction. Except in ''[[Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' the gang occasionally visit Philly's Chinatown. In one episode, the gang discusses how disappointed they are that Chinatown is nothing like ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'', and Charlie is astounded by a group of men passing fish back and forth on the sidewalk. In another episode, Charlie and Dee seek out exotic meat at a grotesque Chinatown butcher shop and purchase some monkey.
* An odd, apparently [[Ripped From the Headlines]] plot began circulating on [[Police Procedural]] shows in 2008 that featured the ancient (and increasingly rare) Chinese practice of "[
** ''[[Numb3rs]]'', using Los Angeles' real Chinatown
** ''[[Bones]]''
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* Historically, the [[London Town|London]] Chinatown was in Limehouse, it moved west to the Shaftesbury Avenue area.
* Washington DC has a Chinatown, which features as a fixed address destination in just about every show set in DC, despite being ''really'' puny. (Same with "the red-light district"). Its problem is that it's right next to the massive Verizon Center sports arena and entertainment complex. Though, it does have the [largest Chinese arch, and in order to prop up the bit of non-corporate culture in the area, the city has passed a law requiring all non-Chinese chain stores in the area (and the German Cultural Center) to [[Completely Missing the Point|post signs in Chinese]].
* [[Stargate City|Vancouver]]'s Chinatown, which probably hasn't shown up in anything, is home to the skinniest building in the world (the [
* [[Toronto]] has a large Chinese population, and neighborhoods with Chinese signage.
* [[The Windy City]] also has one, which too is imaginatively referred to as Chinatown.
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* [[Useful Notes/Boston|Boston]]'s Chinatown made an appearance in ''[[The Departed]]''; it used to have something of a reputation, but nowadays is no more dangerous than any other major urban center.
* And of course [[San Francisco]] has the largest, oldest, and most famous Chinatown in America.
* [[Seattle]]'s Chinatown, like Vancouver's, hasn't really appeared in anything, but like Boston's used to have a more unsavory rep, partly due to [
* Historically, nearly every City and small town in California had a Chinatown (Pasadena and Santa Barbara's were single city blocks). Even [[Doomed Hometown|Bodie]] had one with a population of 228.
* There is a subversion in Portland, Oregon. The Max transit stop "Old Town, Chinatown" has no more obviously Chinese cultural characteristics then any other part of town. If Portland still has a Chinatown it is somewhere else.
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