> Most of modern Japan's neighbourhoods were built after the war good point. seems a little different in the US since lots of towns were settled after the indu

> Most of modern Japan's neighbourhoods were built after the war good point. seems a little different in the US since lots of towns were settled after the industrial rev. Japan being an island I would imagine most land was already accounted for. It might be that instead of constrained by travel, they are constrained by real estate value.