[booshala]

OP you're right - SE Asians tend to be a lot more on this wavelength than the standard Chinese/Japanese/Korean east Asians. Having said that, the Ktown hood-rat phenomenon is real. There's a marked difference between the Koreans that grew up in Ktown (basically our version of 'the hood') and more affluent suburbs in SoCal like Pasadena, Palos Verdes, Cerritos. Clothing, demeanor, even the accent is different.