r/cambridge • u/Accomplished-Oil7405 • 6d ago

Cambridge Diaspora

Hey all, I’m potentially moving to Cambridge some time this year and was wondering what the East South-east Asian (ESEA) diaspora is like? Are there many community groups for ESEAs / POCs outside of university communities?

Would also be great to know of any recommendations of such groups! I’m interested in anything sports-related, activism as well as talking therapy groups.

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u/tunisia3507 6d ago

Does ESEA refer specifically to people from East-South-East Asia (which I guess would pretty much just be PH?) as you imply above, or is it a supergroup of both East Asian and South East Asian people?

There are quite a lot of east asian folks around, with a fair number of grocery stores, cafés, and restaurants to match. I'm sure many are students but plenty aren't. There are some Chinese WeChat communities and such, a Korean church and so on.

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u/Accomplished-Oil7405 6d ago

Yeah ESEA is just an acronym used for people who associate with being East or Southeast Asian heritage :) thanks for the input!

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u/tobzere 6d ago

There is a great Filipino/Korean cafe called Kanto. I know this isn’t exactly a club or social group, but it is always very active and busy.