... Island Railroad station was mostly surrounding by multifamily apartment buildings and single and two-family houses where most middle-income residents were living. Although, nowadays Flushing referred as the second Chinatown, yet Flushing is not dominated by only one single ethnic group. Flushing is part of Queens and is bounded by Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to the west, Utopia Parkway ... of the most ethnically diverse communities in Queens. Taiwanese was the first immigration group to arrive and develop Flushing Chinatown due to mostly residents in Chinatown Manhattan were Cantones...

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... night, suggest that water is something he cannot escape, and that its cleansing powers, its ability to wash away the filth, like his own, is impotent. The water, as in Chinatown, is no longer a means of purification, but rather part of the dirt, a home for rankness and disease. The cinematography of "Taxi Driver" is also very heavily reliant on techniques pioneered ... ...

• Word Count: 1980
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... nexus" by transforming idealism into reality. We now know that subcommunities can very possibly co-exist with each other because Gans have witnessed it. Subcommunities such as New York City's Chinatown and Miami's Little Havana are able to overcome diversity to live peacefully with each other (120). Growing up in both the Vietnamese and American communities, I have lived Etzioni's theory. Born ... ...

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