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Is there any data to support that Tokyo has more affordable apartment than New York? I have seen numbers compare rental price of 1/2/3 bedroom(s) in Tokyo to N
by educationdata 8y ago
Is there any data to support that Tokyo has more affordable apartment than New York?
I have seen numbers compare rental price of 1/2/3 bedroom(s) in Tokyo to New York [1,2], but I do not trust those numbers, because they do not have the size of the apartment. I think it really matters, because apartments in Tokyo could be much smaller than those in NYC. I don't have a statistics for this, but there is an example [3].
OK. I found a table of comparison by sq instead of # of bedrooms [4].
[1] https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Japan&city1=Tokyo&country2=United+States&city2=New+York%2C+NY https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...
[2] https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/one-bedroom-apartment-rental-cost-london-new-york-tokyo-a7634176.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/one-bedroom-apartme...
[3] https://www.lifewhereimfrom.com/lwif-x-ep4-what-is-an-average-japanese-apartment-like/ https://www.lifewhereimfrom.com/lwif-x-ep4-what-is-an-averag...
[4] https://resources.realestate.co.jp/buy/average-rent-in-tokyo-compared-to-other-world-cities/ https://resources.realestate.co.jp/buy/average-rent-in-tokyo...
- elif 8y agoTokyo is anomalous to the entire world. There is no city like it in terms of population density. It is literally NYC + LA + Chicago, the largest 3 US metropolises, combined. It would make more sense to use a remotely comparable city for comparison, like Osaka (still larger than any US metro)
- captain_perl 8y ago> because they do not have the size of the apartment. I think it really matters, because apartments in Tokyo could be much smaller than those in NYC. No, it doesn't matter to most people. A country with smaller apartments will have smaller appliances, smaller computers, etc. - like Japan.