A friend has a standalone house that’s 2.5 stories. He lives in the outskirts of Hiroshima Japan. From his house it is a five minute walk to two grocery stores.

A friend has a standalone house that’s 2.5 stories. He lives in the outskirts of Hiroshima Japan. From his house it is a five minute walk to two grocery stores. Fifteen minute walk to the train station. A bike ride to the local school and to the ocean. I am jealous. The lot his house sits on is tiny though; about a third of my house in the US. The streets are narrow with no sidewalks. His wife drives to perform errands. Everyone else walks bicycles or takes the train.