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Social problems in Chinatown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2132 words) |
 | Such social problems have been the subject for several Hollywood police films such as The Corruptor (set in New York's Chinatown but filmed in Toronto 's), starring Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat, and Year of the Dragon with Mickey Rourke. |
| Social ills such as homelessness and drug-related problems occur with some Chinatowns in urban areas. |
| Social problems aside, several longtime popular and historic Chinese restaurants have also closed in the Chinatowns of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Toronto, thus leading to the decline. |
| Housing and Urban Policy (2157 words) |
| The central issues are the problems of poverty and exclusion. |
| Social segregation by housing officers has contributed to this process in the past, but it equally happens in the private sector where there this has not happened. |
| The problems with high-rise blocks have been lack of play space, isolation, disposal of rubbish; noise insulation, reliance on lifts which are often dirty, vandalised or broken; inadequate water pressure, and insecurity because of fears of fire, building movement or crime. |
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