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There was an earlier post on here about municipalities in Japan offering abandoned houses for practically nothing. And I have to admit, ever since seeing that,
by ArtWomb 8y ago
There was an earlier post on here about municipalities in Japan offering abandoned houses for practically nothing. And I have to admit, ever since seeing that, the fantasy of building a retreat in "tropical" Kagoshima has been a constant in my mind ;)
- awakeasleep 8y agoFrom what I've been able to glean by reading, smaller cities and especially villages in Japan have vicious social ostracism, a lack of good jobs, and no remarkable educational institutions.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y agoTrue all of the above. Live in a rural city.
- toyg 8y agoThe sad part is really the social ostracism. Other factors can be fixed or bypassed, but culture is always the hardest bit.
- Chris_Chambers 8y agoThe sad part is the aspiring invader thinking he has the moral high ground.
- bryanlarsen 8y agoIn 1995 I showed my co-workers in Japan the listing for my Grandma's house: a beautiful house on a double corner lot for $20k in rural Saskatchewan Canada. They were dumb founded. That a similar situation would occur in Japan twenty four years later seems unbelievable.
- AdrianB1 8y agoThere is no free lunch, they take you the money through high taxes.
- A2017U1 8y agoI've looked into regional houses there and property taxes looked very mild. Perhaps Australia has warped my perception of what is excessive.