If those areas begin to spill over on them, Chinatown residents fear, they may be priced out of their own neighborhood.

She spent many years providing interpretation and social services to San Francisco's Chinatown residents.

In fact, local Chinatown residents often smoked tobacco through such pipes.

But consider the fix of Chinatown residents who would settle for mere Mandarin.

Just 8.3% of Chinatown residents aged 25 and older possessed a four-year degree in 2000, considered to be a low figure.

Yet, according to a 2002 survey of 1,800 Chinatown residents, litter, broken sidewalks and other sanitation issues were the top concerns.

In fact, many Chinatown residents say they are pleased with the multicultural involvement.

While the project went ahead as planned, a large number of displaced, low-income Chinatown residents were relocated to significantly improved housing elsewhere.

The commercial establishments here cater more to the day to day needs of Chinatown residents than tourists.

But Chinatown residents complained they were not consulted about the street closing and were unable to invite family members or friends to their homes.