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Is it typical for Japanese towns to have all the electricity wiring above ground? Is it on purpose, maybe related to historical earthquake trauma?

Daz1 2y ago
Yes and also there is zero aesthetic thought put into japanese towns which is why they're so ugly, everything is functional
- pezezin 2y ago
  I would say that functionality requires a minimum sense of aesthetics. Most Japanese towns are not even functional, they are just a chaotic maze of tiny streets and ugly buildings. I know because I live in one.
  - stavros 2y ago
    Looks exactly like Greece!
    - tech2 2y ago
      Athens being its own special hell, looking across the city from Lykovounia and seeing everything in the city at the same ~5 storey level of dark concrete.
lmm 2y ago
> Is it typical for Japanese towns to have all the electricity wiring above ground? Yes > Is it on purpose Yes? Electrical wiring is built deliberately, of course it's on purpose. Where else would you put it, and why? You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain.
- wahnfrieden 2y ago
  You wrote condescendingly without even apparently knowing why
  - lmm 2y ago
    I did, and I'd do it again. The idea that someone might put up electricity cables not on purpose warranted it.
- pretzelhands 2y ago
  I'm not sure about your location, but around here (Austria) it is indeed much more common to have electrical wiring that runs through the ground than above air. The only place where you see wiring above ground is usually out in the rural areas.
- PinkMilkshake 2y ago
  > You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain. Yes, it's normal. It's called undergrounding.
- Cthulhu_ 2y ago
  > You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain. It is in my neck of the woods (the Netherlands) too, the only places you see overground electricity is high tension lines outside of towns. Here's a random suburb I just picked randomly, looks like it was built in the 80's: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7DeZiTyKuB4DZKdG8 https://maps.app.goo.gl/7DeZiTyKuB4DZKdG8. Or else Amsterdam, which is much older: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FWm6vYgbV5h2CkZu5 https://maps.app.goo.gl/FWm6vYgbV5h2CkZu5. I'd argue (based purely on gut feeling and handwaving) that having it out in the open is more expensive and dangerous; weathering, wind, trees, cars crashing into it, people climbing up into it, birds, etc. Anyway, your comment sounds like US defaultism, be wary of that.
  - serf 2y ago
    >Anyway, your comment sounds like US defaultism, be wary of that. i'm a US citizen that is surrounded in underground electrical networks; i'm not sure there is really a 'US defaultist' stance on whether or not one prefers above or underground wiring.

Daz1 2y ago

Yes and also there is zero aesthetic thought put into japanese towns which is why they're so ugly, everything is functional

pezezin 2y ago
I would say that functionality requires a minimum sense of aesthetics. Most Japanese towns are not even functional, they are just a chaotic maze of tiny streets and ugly buildings. I know because I live in one.
- stavros 2y ago
  Looks exactly like Greece!
  - tech2 2y ago
    Athens being its own special hell, looking across the city from Lykovounia and seeing everything in the city at the same ~5 storey level of dark concrete.

lmm 2y ago

> Is it typical for Japanese towns to have all the electricity wiring above ground? Yes > Is it on purpose Yes? Electrical wiring is built deliberately, of course it's on purpose. Where else would you put it, and why? You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain.

wahnfrieden 2y ago
You wrote condescendingly without even apparently knowing why
- lmm 2y ago
  I did, and I'd do it again. The idea that someone might put up electricity cables not on purpose warranted it.
pretzelhands 2y ago
I'm not sure about your location, but around here (Austria) it is indeed much more common to have electrical wiring that runs through the ground than above air. The only place where you see wiring above ground is usually out in the rural areas.
PinkMilkshake 2y ago
> You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain. Yes, it's normal. It's called undergrounding.
Cthulhu_ 2y ago
> You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain. It is in my neck of the woods (the Netherlands) too, the only places you see overground electricity is high tension lines outside of towns. Here's a random suburb I just picked randomly, looks like it was built in the 80's: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7DeZiTyKuB4DZKdG8 https://maps.app.goo.gl/7DeZiTyKuB4DZKdG8. Or else Amsterdam, which is much older: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FWm6vYgbV5h2CkZu5 https://maps.app.goo.gl/FWm6vYgbV5h2CkZu5. I'd argue (based purely on gut feeling and handwaving) that having it out in the open is more expensive and dangerous; weathering, wind, trees, cars crashing into it, people climbing up into it, birds, etc. Anyway, your comment sounds like US defaultism, be wary of that.
- serf 2y ago
  >Anyway, your comment sounds like US defaultism, be wary of that. i'm a US citizen that is surrounded in underground electrical networks; i'm not sure there is really a 'US defaultist' stance on whether or not one prefers above or underground wiring.