The Garment Industry in Search of Survival: For the garment industry, which is the economic life blood of Chinatown, already under pressure from the continuing American economic recession, this wave of explosive rent increases is creating extreme difficulty for the existence of ready-made clothing factories in Chinatown. Many clothing producers have consequently closed their doors.
對於唐人街經濟命脈的車衣業而言，原本已在美國經濟持續不景氣，產業外移的壓力下，苟延存活，再面臨這一波房租暴增，更使唐人街成衣廠生存備極艱辛，不少衣廠因而關門大吉。