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> Why all of the articles [in the mainstream media?] about Japan, when the situation in Italy is more dire? Go figure. Japan is further along in the process I
by blamazon 3y ago
> Why all of the articles [in the mainstream media?] about Japan, when the situation in Italy is more dire? Go figure.
Japan is further along in the process I think? Compare [1,2]. Plus, they have cool robots, that gets the people clicking. [3]
I have seen a lot of articles about Italy's 'dollar homes' which is a symptom of the same problem. [4]
Maybe the promise of cool robots or extremely cheap homes or something similarly evocative is necessary to get masses of people to click a boring story about old people and babies.
[1]: https://www.populationpyramid.net/japan/2023/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/japan/2023/
[2]: https://www.populationpyramid.net/italy/2023/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/italy/2023/
[3]: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1065135/japan-automating-eldercare-robots/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1065135/japan-au...
[4]: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-10-27/italy-super-cheap-homes-one-euro https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-10-27/italy-...
- jaclaz 3y ago>I have seen a lot of articles about Italy's 'dollar homes' which is a symptom of the same problem. If I may, as an Italian, those are symptoms of a different problem, there are a number of (small) villages that are simply inconvenient (because they are difficult to reach, offer no "entertainment" nor jobs, often miss a number of services, etc.). I.e. there are reasons why they were largely abandoned in the last few decades. If you are (Italian or foreigner) retired or working from home and interested into living a life outside the chaos of modern life those places are just fine (and are often beautiful), but you need to take into account the drawbacks.