For example, because of the Exclusion Act, before 1943 it was impossible for Chinese women to come to the U.S., so the coffee shops and bars of Chinatown were set up especially to meet the needs of single men, with high stools surrounding long bars, without any consideration given to the needs of a family unit; these are still one of the sights of Chinatown to this day.
例如一九四三年華人的妻女因排華法案而不能來美之前，唐人街專為單身漢需要而設立的那種高高的座椅、圍成小吧台，完全不考慮家眷需要的咖啡館和酒家，如今仍是唐人街一景。