As a visit to any area where ethnic Chinese live--whether in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles or elsewhere--reveals, there are generally two types of Chinese immigrant family: the traditional "Chinatown" Chinese, and the newer "suburban" Chinese.
若是到美國華人聚居處走一遭，不論是在紐約、舊金山、洛杉磯或其他新興華人區，可發現這些家庭大致分成兩種類型：一種是傳統的「唐人街華人」；另一種是新興的「郊區華人」。