The city holds a special place in the hearts of the Asian diaspora.
“It's just a place that's an anchor,” Paolim said. “I never thought I would be back. But I'm back.”
Animated signs outside the AMC Atlantic Times Square 14 in Monterey Park alternate between English and Chinese. The city’s renown outside of southern California began to grow in the ‘70s and ‘80s as waves of immigrants from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China started to set down roots in the city, just a 15-minute drive from L.A.’s Chinatown.A confluence of events sped up the demographic change. The federal government eased immigration restrictions in the mid-’60s, so it became easier for people from countries outside of Europe to move to the U.S.
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