Immigration, the New Economy Age
I came accross this article and it caught my attention. “San Francisco is gateway city for immigrants and Silicon Valley Technology” Living in the Mission district in San Francisco, I don’t remember how many times walked down Mission Street, bought a cup of $0.95 bubble tea from a Chinese restaurant, and then walk down to a the Mexican store bought bags of fresh vegetable, fruits and egg for decent price; if it is a day of making a meal, there are also Chinese seafood and meat stores next to Mexican vegetable store. There is one seafood store even have ocean fish specimen diagram in their storefront windows…
Besides immigration business is powering the current economy in San Francisco, the article also proved my thought by pointing out that self-employed and small business (less than 10 employees) are 85 percent of all city establishments. I am really amazed and think of the anti-immigration especially the fear of “yellow peril” in America history. The world is already operating on a multiracial level that no one can reverse. It’s glad to see immigration business and small business models step up as global corporations are being dispute by the public. San Francisco is probably in the forefront of developing this new economy model.
[...] Blog Login Archive + Search RSS 2.0 RSS 0.92 Atom 0.3 Good Post on ImmigrationDeer Fang has a good observation on immigration and locally-owned businesses in San Francisco. I totally am avoiding Noe Valley now after having a rude shopkeeper talk down to me at Tuggy’s Hardware Shop about buying vacuum bags. Also, I’m really not into the overpriced products up-the-hill from where I live. [...]
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