0:00 We're going to talk about the Asian takeover of shopping districts. You say you don't hate it. So you [clears throat] have a place like Old Town Pasadena that traditionally had, you know, mostly like American businesses. You >> Why does right, baby? You want to You want to hear a cool historical fact? >> [laughter] >> You know I'm going to tell you guys anyway, right? >> Tell me. >> You can't stop me. >> No one was even stopping you yet. >> Pasadena >> to know. Yeah. >> was the first rich millionaire billionaire city before Beverly Hills. >> I I heard. Yeah. >> Well, Pasadena >> Yeah. >> So all the you know like the East Coast oil tycoons, the Elons and the freaking train Elons of that time >> Train Elon? >> Train Elon, oil Elon, coal Elon, steel Elon. >> The The 1%
0:50 >> When they wanted a West Coast home they got it in Pasadena. And then they built that first. That's why those homes are so balling. They're so sick. >> some old historical like grand houses. Yeah. >> Yep. And when I go there, it makes me feel like this is America. When you see the movies, oh you're like like what's that movie? Uh >> This is America. >> Back to the Future? >> Oh, yeah. >> filmed parts of that in Pasadena. >> They Doc Brown's house is a is a Pasadena home, I think. >> Yeah. So when you think of America, Back to the Future, you think Pasadena. >> I thought they filmed that Universal Studios. >> Yeah. [laughter] The city The The town is yeah. The town is. >> No, but the but the homes and stuff >> Yeah. So Doc Brown's like you know when they go back in time and Doc Brown has a big ass house, that's called the Gamble House in real life. And I think that's in Pasadena. >> Oh, the Proctor & Gamble House?
1:40 >> Something like that. Yeah. >> the Lion Estates? Where is that? >> Oh, I don't know. I think it's in the valley. Yeah. It was in the valley. Yeah. >> And then like think about the Huntington Library. That's like our ████ Yeah. That's like our Paris. The West Coast Yeah. It's It's pretty ████ nice. You know what I mean? Like and the homes in that neighborhood Grand Central Park. Hey, but we got to pay 100 bucks to get into. >> Oh, so you and you don't like that these areas are going to have more Chinese businesses? >> ████ no. So, so this is what I like, okay? This is what I This is what I like. It's not even have It doesn't even have anything to do with like Chinese, but like let's say you go to Disneyland, right? And you love Disneyland because there's Frontierland, Tomorrowland, there's all the different lands. But then one of the lands starts taking
2:31 over all the other lands. That's what I don't like cuz you're like I didn't come to Disneyland for it all to be Toontown. >> They're not taking it all over. It's a mix. >> [laughter] >> When you go to Colorado Boulevard, it has that feel that Joe's talking about. It has like the like West Coast looks so new, right? Like all the homes is drywall stucco. It has this like >> Americana. >> Yeah, we have this we've only been here for like 50 to 100 years feel. You go to the East Coast, things are brick, concrete slabs. It has this we've been here for centuries feel. Pasadena is the only place that feels like we've been here for centuries. Like all the buildings are concrete brick stacked side by side. >> I understand that. >> Like even when you go to Pasadena City Hall, it looks like a legit City Hall. It's not like a a mirrored building. You
3:21 know what I mean? Like some of those >> This doesn't look like a concert hall, yeah. >> What the ████ is this mirrored building I can throw a brick at and the whole thing's going to shatter. It doesn't look like that. It looks like oh ████ this is a majestic ass place. So, you see this whole beautiful like true American history and then now you start seeing fools going >> [screaming] [laughter] >> Your mama lose and then Like [laughter] ████ Chinese kids, ████ boba. Ah, dude, I want to I want to I and I'm like, what's happening to my American heritage? >> That's ████ hilarious. >> What's your beef with boba? >> And the same thing I would feel the same >> He's like, I I got this in Monterey Park. >> Yes. I would feel >> I want to go to China, go to Monterey
4:12 Park. >> I want to shop at freaking Gap with boba. Why can't I do that? >> Go to Monterey Park. Get your get your half and half. >> Uh-huh. >> Drive north, go to Pasadena. I would feel the same way if it was if I went to Monterey Park and all of a sudden JJ's turned into a ████ TJ Maxx or >> Okay, you would feel the same? >> I would be like, what the ████ Get these Get these ████ crackers out of here, dude. >> [laughter] >> Well, technically, that's what Monterey Park was. >> That's true, yeah. That is true. >> All those 99 Ranches were was once a Lucky's or something. >> Yeah, you're right. Yeah. >> But yeah, like Pasadena is like to me it was one of those like last places cuz we already saw what happened to Santa Anita Mall. That was a ████ >> Yeah, but I don't blame Chinese though. >> I don't. >> I blame white people for running. >> Yeah, but like
5:02 >> [laughter] >> Used to be a Westfield Mall. Now you could ████ buy herbs in that place? It's like, what the hell? >> [laughter] >> There's like ████ like T&S T&S Emporium or some ████ You could >> A lot going on over there. >> Other malls are probably like, how did they do it? And they just want to like take the business model or something cuz they did crazy. >> It's moving all the way >> to your audience. >> Now it's moving all the way east or west. >> What kind of differences have you seen in Colorado Boulevard specifically? Like what's changed? >> The biggest one was seeing Mama Lu's on Colorado on the across the street from Cheesecake Factory. That was ████ mind-blowing cuz I'm also a branding person, right? So like to me, I'm like, okay, if I was a landlord, there's a certain like type of legacy or like like creative direction I want to
5:53 create. And if it was Cheesecake across the street from Din Tai Fung, I would that's cool. I understand. I feel like it's like right equal levels. But when you have a Cheesecake in front of a Mama Lu's, I'm like that's Cheesecake Factory is 5 years from leaving. Cuz they're going to be like, "We're going to be across the street from those guys? Who knows what they cook in the back? Dogs or whatever? What the hell? I'mma be out of here." >> What are you talking about? >> I don't get it. Is Mama Lu's supposed to be low? >> No. >> No, but it's not >> It's not Din Tai Fung. >> It's not an international brand. It's like they >> Oh. >> grassroots brand that started in like Monterey Park or Alhambra, and it's >> What a grassroots brand? You just want all chains is what you're saying. >> Colorado >> Yeah, you want all chains. >> You want like a downtown Disney vibe? >> On Colorado, there's a certain standard you have to uphold. >> Chains. >> You need to uphold the chain.
6:44 >> [laughter] >> There's a certain standard. >> Yeah, but Denny's is a chain. I think that'd be weird if we saw Denny's. >> So that's what I mean. I'm a branding person. If Denny's is across the street from Cheesecake, get the ████ out, dude. >> Oh, I see. >> Okay. All right. >> wants He wants past Colorado to be like high-end. >> So Cheesecake Factory is your high-end bar. >> No, that's the staple. So if they stay there, if they stay there, we at least have to match that. We can't go below. >> Cheesecake Factory is like the lowest we can go. >> For that street, yes. >> I think that looks really s█████ that you're saying Din Tai Fung and Cheesecake are on the same level. >> No, Din Tai Fung is above Cheesecake. >> Okay. >> But I'm saying Cheesecake it has to be above. It has to be You can't go below. >> Okay, I see you. >> You know [laughter] what I >> Is there really big advertisement for Cheesecake Factory?
7:34 >> Yeah. >> It's delicious, too. >> I don't I don't I don't I don't I don't mind it when we have like a Asia Town or whatever, but what sucks is that you know how like your parents be like, "Man, we got McDonald's at home." That's kind of how I feel like. I'm like, "We already got Chinese at home." You know, like like I'm going to Pasadena to vet to to see what the outsiders are doing. >> Okay. >> Like I'm more It's like It's like So, that's why I was like, "Well, there's nothing There's not going to be any more places for me to go that has like non-Asian ████ and I have to drive so far for some pancakes." >> It's weird. It's like how do you avoid it? Because when you think about it, if you have a district that's in the city, right? And it's let's say it's like white world. Everything's like for white people. White people love it. Guess who also is going to love it? ████ Asians. So, there's going to be hell
8:24 Asians going there, and then people are going to go, "Hey, there's a lot of Asians coming. Let's make more Asian stuff." And it's going to inevitably become more Asian because that's who likes that stuff. >> And also, if they want to bring the Asians or or if they want to make them happy and keep them coming back, Asians don't really like eating other food. Like at least the older generation, they only eat Asian food. >> [laughter] >> They're not going to eat at Actually, they do eat at Cheesecake, but yeah. >> Wouldn't that be so odd? >> drive all the way to Utah just I could have a ████ >> experience? >> [laughter] >> That is so dramatic. >> And I want to be the last Asian to >> Well, it's like going to San Clemente. You guys ever >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Feels like you're in like white world. I love it. I love it there. You're not going to find bobas as easily. You're not going to you >> That's what I loved about LA though is like you get to go to Mexico. You just
9:15 drive and you get some real ████ tacos, some real ████ ████ right? But then now it's like I don't want to go to West LA that kind of white world. You know what I mean? That's the ████ Erewhon white. Like I don't want that >> Oh, okay. Yeah. All right. >> That's a different kind. >> Yeah, that's a hipster like snobby white. I don't want that. I just want to >> Aspiring actor white? Like I don't want that ████ I want that small town someone call me honey, there's ████ pancakes, like >> sugar >> Yeah. Yeah. Why, you don't want Tesla white? >> Yeah, Buick white. >> what still has this sort of close experience is when you go to North Hollywood. >> Really? >> North Hollywood has some like independent little whitey businesses. Magnolia Boulevard has like some stuff like that. >> Monrovia or >> Monrovia? >> Glendora. >> Yeah.
10:05 >> Oh, Glendora, yeah. >> Claremont, that's white. >> Yeah. Yeah, that's true. >> Like the ones that make you feel uncomfortable, like, what are you doing here? Like, that's what I want to feel. >> Isn't that so ironic, though, that like who would have thought we'd be here where we're like desperately trying to find a white district? >> [laughter] >> I know, and Summerlin's changing now. All these Asians moving in. I'm like, Jesus ████ Christ. >> You're literally an Asian that moved in. >> I'm going to close the door behind me. >> [laughter] >> You want to want to pull the ladder up. >> YEAH. >> NO, I I I like Asian neighborhoods. I like Asian neighborhoods, but I want to be able to visit other countries close by. I don't want us to ████ take over the whole town. >> What, a San Dimas, Arrow Highway? They have like a historical district and their old town out there. It's very white. >> It is very white. >> Oh, it's something that looks like
10:55 Western >> Yes. Yeah, it has like barn front >> Spaghetti Factory there, right? >> Yes. Yeah, there's one. >> with that. >> Go ahead, go there. >> Yeah. Cuz now I I'll be like, I got my Mexican towns, I got for that for the food, I got, you know, we got different kind of cultures, but I'm like >> Big Bear Village, that feels pretty white. Oh, yeah. Yeah. [laughter] >> Oh, like Lake Arrowhead, all that ████ >> Or Wrightwood, if you've ever been to Wrightwood? But I am I am conflicted, cuz you know, after I snowboard or whatever, I ████ love eating a big bowl of pho. >> Oh, well, look at that. >> So, if I saw pho at Big Bear Vil- Big Bear Village, I'D BE LIKE, "F███!" >> NO, NO. You need to drive to Garden Grove? >> [laughter] >> You need to go down the hill to Garden Grove? >> over there and then you drive your ass over to Garden Grove. >> I would be down if we could keep
11:45 everybody segregated like that. And you know, oh, segregation is great because like sometimes you want a white style Chinese restaurant. Like like a like a ████ Panda, right? Like I sometimes crave that cuz I grew up eating at some of those restaurants, I'm like, I don't want it too authentic. >> Oh, yeah? Do you want the white style boba? >> I don't >> Cuz there's a lot of those now. >> What is that? >> They They're s█████. >> Do you like white style sushi? You know, like Sensai Grill? >> I've never been there. >> No. Uh, it's all right. It's all right if you're >> Sensai Grill's like the Yoshinoya. >> Yeah, if you're about to miss a flight and you have to eat something, yeah. I don't mind that. That [laughter] ████ But I do like the uh yeah, like the more mainstream Chinese restaurants. >> What's the whitest boba place that we have right now? >> Is there like
12:35 Is Boba Time considered white boba? >> Are they white? I don't know. >> [laughter] >> Oh, you mean like The Alley? >> random. Is that white? I don't even know. >> Not not not white, but like it's like >> one-offs, and it'll just be in like the wider neighborhoods, and they just they have and it's called >> Doesn't Childish Gambino own a boba place? >> What the hell? >> Yeah, I think he owns one in like an El Segundo. >> Gamboba? >> [laughter] >> Gamboba? >> I don't know. Yeah, I I I I think we should try to keep some white towns alive, you know what I mean? I want to visit >> The fact that it's Asians at the forefront of PRESERVING WHITE CULTURE. >> IT'S NOT EVEN JUST WHITE CULTURE, I just want to preserve some ████ It's like having endangered some ████ Like endangered animals, right? It's like I'm not trying to It's not because I like am
13:25 in love with bald eagles or whatever. I'm like we're just running out of them. Let's ████ protect these mother >> You know you know how like >> [laughter] >> there's those re-enactors, you go to those ████ colonial town and there's like and then they play the role? I almost [laughter] feel like we're just asking them to be that for our entertainment. So we could drive over the weekend and be like, "Hey, look, it's it's ████ Main Street, guys. Let's go get some pancakes and coffee." >> Right. Right. >> [laughter] >> So in a way it's like we're >> When you get a Mexican waiter, YOU'RE LIKE, "MAN, WHAT THE F███?" >> So the white person here the true reason that we want to preserve these cultures is just to demean them. >> [laughter] >> IT'S CUZ WE WANT A BRUNCH IN a ████ white diner, dude. What the ████
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