The west end is the west part of downtown. You are talking about the west side, and in fact, not even the west side, but west of Alma, which is waaaay out there. Super west side.<p>This &#x27;academic case study&#x27; you linked to is cited over and over however, no one really looks at the actual data in it, namely where the homes are. It&#x27;s literally a tiny pocket, which has the most expensive homes in the whole city, so yes, it&#x27;s primarily Asian buyers. Not that surprising.<p>Don&#x27;t get me wrong - there is a real problem here but that study is repurposed over and over to show the extent of the problem and it&#x27;s very misleading.