
Chinatowns
Things are gorgeous if they’re yours, dull if they aren’t. Home isn’t the boxes in it, nor even the people. It’s the place that grew with you, that formed before you formed it. — Christina Qiu, Home The first time I visited New York’s Chinatown, it was because I had seen a cheap dumpling place on Yelp. My family and I had been in New York for a week, and meals had consisted of burgers and gourmet cuisine and afternoon tea at the Plaza — American things, but not Chinese thing