Well Asia is literally the biggest continent on earth with a population of over 4.5 billion people so some mileage may vary. I don't expect growing up in Tokyo

Well Asia is literally the biggest continent on earth with a population of over 4.5 billion people so some mileage may vary. I don't expect growing up in Tokyo is all that similar to growing up in rural Turkey. I grew up in a west Asian country and walked to school every days from age 6 to 18. I didn't get on public transit on my own till probably my teens either because I didn't need to! Everywhere I needed to get to was within walking distance. I sometimes walked for an hour to get to my sister's place on the other side of town but my schools were first 5 minutes walk and then 15 minutes walk away from where my parents lived.