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Tokyo seems to do just fine with innumerable tiny alleys that can only accommodate humans or the occasional bicycle. It’s all about balance.

• Mountain_Skies 7y ago
  Tokyo, and Japan in general, has a high degree of social trust and cohesion. That makes possible many niceties that are difficult to exist in places with lower amounts of social trust.
  • kuschku 7y ago
    So get started with fixing your society?
• Razengan 7y ago
  This is what's really admirable about that place: The world's largest city by some metrics, and still manages to be one of the most safest and cleanest, organically blending cutting-edge technology with ancient culture. How? I love all those little shrines [0], for example. It's paradise for anyone who loves exploring nooks-and-crannies. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIj0tzO15c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIj0tzO15c
  • big_chungus 7y ago
    The Japanese gov't employs a huge number of older people to do small tasks and keep things running well. The down-side is that Japan has a staggering two-hundred-thirty-six percent debt-to-gdp ratio, which it will have massive trouble paying off with its shrinking population.
    • seanmcdirmid 7y ago
      Much of that debt is the result of infrastructure projects and a large savings demand by the population. Sure they could have done much better in investing that debt (to help with paying it off later), but it would have still been there even if they did (since the demand was there unless they pushed it out into the stock market or American treasuries).