Recession, businesses in Oakland’s Chinatown have struggled

 During the recession, businesses in Oakland’s Chinatown have struggled - Oakland North

I noticed last week when I was picking my daughter up from Union Station in LA around 8PM, how Chinatown except for some restaurants was closed down. And when I talk to shop keepers there, they are all complaining about how bad business is. Just south of Little Tokyo there was a huge amount of homeless. Her train was late, so we walked around Little Tokyo that had some stores open. When I was growing up, Chinatown was open at night. What a change!