There are just 300,000 Thai-Americans—less than 1% of the the Mexican-American population. Yet there are an estimated 5,342 Thai restaurants in the U.S., compared to ~54,000 Mexican restaurants, 10x the population-to-restaurant ratio. https://www.vice.com/en/article/paxadz/the-surprising-reason-that-there-are-so-many-thai-restaurants-in-america
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Thats because Thailand has a national plan to promote a good image by having all of those restaurants over here. Despite them having coup after coup, they are like the #3 most favorable Asian country thanks to their food