| Major social change frightens many people. In San | | | | States in the 1960s and 1970s as Chinese |
| Francisco, I remember my grandmother being | | | | immigration continued and the immigrants moved |
| concerned about Chinese moving out of | | | | outside areas where Chinese immigrants had |
| Chinatown, "They are buying up the | | | | traditionally lived. Fast forward to 2009 and you |
| neighborhood." A friend when I was in high school | | | | can find Mexican food almost everywhere in the |
| had similar views, "When I was a little kid, this | | | | United States. |
| entire neighborhood was white." Never sure of | | | | Move across the globe to Japan and you will find |
| how to respond to such fear of change with | | | | Indian restaurants, run by Indians, starting to pop |
| undertones of racism, I was often speechless. | | | | up in medium size cities across Japan. As Japan |
| Ethnic restaurants aid us in unscientifically tracking | | | | and India do not share a land border, the Indian |
| trends in immigration. Lovers of Mexican food | | | | presence and number of Indian restaurants in |
| who traveled around America in the 1960 and | | | | Japan will probably never rival the Mexican |
| 1970s could find delicious Mexican food in California | | | | presence and number of restaurants in the United |
| and from Texas across through the Southwest. | | | | States. Still, using our unscientific ethnic restaurant |
| Naturally, Mexican food was available in major | | | | information, we can see that Indian immigration to |
| cities, but you could not find Mexican food | | | | Japan is increasing, showing us what the future |
| everywhere the way you could find Italian food. | | | | holds. |
| Chinese food was spreading across the United | | | | |