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Right, Tokyo is very wide-spread. I believe it's the incredible infrastructure that allows people to commute to work easily. There is surprisingly little traffi
by samsonradu 9y ago
Right, Tokyo is very wide-spread. I believe it's the incredible infrastructure that allows people to commute to work easily. There is surprisingly little traffic for a city of that size.
Leaving Tokyo for Kyoto by train I kept seeing apartment buildings and houses for the first 50km or so.
- jackcosgrove 9y agoThis sort of super sprawl is enabled by Japanese employers' promises of lifetime employment. You buy near where you work, and your job lasts as long as a mortgage. No need to buy in Mountain View because 20 employers are nearby.