China's stainless steel fence has become the new "American Dream"?

In today's Queens and Brooklyn District in New York, the symbol of the "American Dream" is no longer a white spike fence, but a stainless steel fence?

On June 14th, the New York Times Chinese website published an article entitled "Towards New York from China: Stainless Steel Fate into a Frocked Middle Housefront", saying that this silver and sometimes golden fences have been popular from the Asian community in New York. Come on has become the "new sign" of the local middle class.

As soon as the article came out, it caused heated discussion. Chinese netizens see that the "elimination of the village in the city" is regarded as a treasure on the other side of the ocean. What American netizens feel "sad": If it wasn't for the poor law and order in New York, why would residents install this at the door of the house.

The author of the article is an Indian American journalist Anna Purna Kambhampaty. She is currently in the Brooklyn District of New York and likes to pay attention to the current status of South Asian Americans. A "stainless steel fence culture" that originated from the Asian community and became more and more popular has recently attracted her attention.

On June 10, local time, Canpati published an English article "Not only the Story of the Fair: The Story of Stainless Steel: The Story of a Statel Status Symbol)," The article began to cause discussion. On the 14th, the Chinese version was released, and the title became "Starting from China to New York: Stainless Steel Fate into a Frozen House of House improvement".

For the reasons for the popularity of stainless steel fence, the article states that because of "practical", the maintenance cost of stainless steel fences is very low compared to the lacquer iron fences. Therefore, the newly renovated houses in Queen's District in New York are stainless steel from the shelf to the gate.

The article said, "On the streets of the Flushing and Brooklyn Park in the Queen's District, a few steps you can see a house installed with stainless steel fences. The fence is silver, and sometimes it is dotted with gold."

The picture is the 77 -year -old New York Queen's Flushing Indian immigrant Dilip Banerjee. He proudly shows his silver -glittering stainless steel suit, saying that this fence, handrails, doors, and sunshados are all. It took him about $ 2,800. "If you have more money on hand, you will always buy a better one." Ban Najib has worked hard for the house for many years, and now the fence has also been upgraded. "The fence protects everything. It is appreciated."

The New York Times report screenshot (the same below)

The article said that "the white spike fence has always been a symbol of the so -called 'American Dream", but the stainless steel fence has a trend of later standing, reflecting a "similar sense of accomplishment".

A house with a white spike fence in New Orleans in the United States (source: visual China)

The real estate agent in Queen's district said that local South Asian and East Asian immigrants "seem to prefer stainless steel" and "because they look better". Customers feel that houses with stainless steel fences and sunshade sheds are "more valuable, more modern" Essence

The historian Thomas Camppaarra, a historian who studies urban planning and urban architecture environment in the United States, also said that the rise of stainless steel fences synchronized with the growth of the Asian population in New York, and said that the stainless steel fence was "the sign of the middle class" " "Especially for the first time I bought a house, stainless steel has an element of position."

Last year, the New York City Immigration Office reported that Asian and Pacific Islanders were the fastest group in the city's population, mainly due to the surge in immigrants, and more than half of these immigrants lived in Queens.

A real estate agent introduced that in the entire Queen's area and the mountains, stainless steel fences usually come from the "family of the West Indian Islands" and "it is a symbol of our status."

The article mentioned that this stainless steel fence popular in New York will be personalized according to the preferences of the producer, such as lotus, "Amu" (a sacred symbol in Hinduism) and geometric patterns. At night, under the irradiation of street lights and car lights, the stainless steel fence will be more eye -catching, but it also shows that the house has been checked in.

U.S. netizens who claim to live in New York have expressed puzzles for this design.

"I live in Flushing, I can't stand this fence, tacky, no taste."

"A few years ago, these things began to appear in all corners of the Branks. This is the weird phenomenon ever, and it will always be, hahaha."

When the hatred of hatred of Asian people frequently occurred, many foreign netizens saw the "sorrow" of the public security of the United States in the United States, and lamented that the stainless steel fence was the embodiment of the community's high crime rate.

"Symbol of status? The fence is a sad reflection of the community. Residents must protect themselves, which is more like a bad plastic surgery (performed on the community)."

"In New York, there is no enough fence that can block criminals, they can always find laws."

"New York is full of violent criminals everywhere."

"New York is a bad place, so you need to strengthen these security measures."

Some people think that this decoration style feels affected by "Chinese rural culture".

Chinese netizens: Sorry, we are not popular, many times to prevent children from climbing the window.

According to CBS (Columbia Broadcasting Corporation) reported on May 31, New York's hate crime against Asians is still worrying.A latest report shows that although the number of victims willing to report to the case after the attack increases, many cases have not received the attention of local prosecutors.The report states that in the first three quarters of 2021, 233 "anti -Asian" cases occurred in New York, of which 91 cases were arrested and 41 were sued, but only 7 convictions so far.

Source: Observer.com

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