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That's a non sequitur. Tokyo is plenty dense and already has affordable housing.

by decimalenough 1y ago

staringback 1y ago
Yeah, affordable if you are on American digital nomad visa wages.
- socalgal2 1y ago
  You have apparently no experience in Tokyo. plenty of cheap places. First one I clicked, $600 a month https://suumo.jp/chintai/jnc_000099304610/?bc=100450374320 https://suumo.jp/chintai/jnc_000099304610/?bc=100450374320 I can find cheaper
  - dang 1y ago
    > You have apparently no experience Please don't cross into personal attack. Your comment would be just fine without that bit. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - staringback 1y ago
    Ah yes, a micro-apartment the same size as the average American kitchen [1], how affordable! For comparison, Seattle WA has a minimum wage around 2.5x higher than Tokyo. Here is a larger apartment [2] that is only 1.33x more expensive than your Tokyo broom closet. Go ahead and find something more akin to the American sized apartments (500sq+ for 1 bd) and you'll see that the prices are almost the same, with much lower wages across the board. [1]: https://kb.nkba.org/2016/11/new-nkba-research-defines-average-kitchen-sizes-across-u-s/ https://kb.nkba.org/2016/11/new-nkba-research-defines-averag... [2]: https://www.apartments.com/amherst-micro-studios-seattle-wa/7tlgnlw/#951cbt6-1-floorPlan https://www.apartments.com/amherst-micro-studios-seattle-wa/...
    - decimalenough 1y ago
      The key difference is that microapartments are actually an option in Tokyo, whereas they are against code in virtually the entire US.
      - cyberax 1y ago
        Well, duh. As a result, the US also doesn't have such a collapsing population as Japan.
cyberax 1y ago
Here's the chart of Tokyo real estate prices: https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/asia/japan/home-price-trends https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/asia/japan/home-price-tr... All while just 3 hours away by car, beautiful houses are crumbling into dust. You literally can get them for the price of the land tax, and there are even companies that specialize in finding them. Any questions?

That's a non sequitur. Tokyo is plenty dense and already has affordable housing.

staringback 1y ago

Yeah, affordable if you are on American digital nomad visa wages.

socalgal2 1y ago
You have apparently no experience in Tokyo. plenty of cheap places. First one I clicked, $600 a month https://suumo.jp/chintai/jnc_000099304610/?bc=100450374320 https://suumo.jp/chintai/jnc_000099304610/?bc=100450374320 I can find cheaper
- dang 1y ago
  > You have apparently no experience Please don't cross into personal attack. Your comment would be just fine without that bit. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- staringback 1y ago
  Ah yes, a micro-apartment the same size as the average American kitchen [1], how affordable! For comparison, Seattle WA has a minimum wage around 2.5x higher than Tokyo. Here is a larger apartment [2] that is only 1.33x more expensive than your Tokyo broom closet. Go ahead and find something more akin to the American sized apartments (500sq+ for 1 bd) and you'll see that the prices are almost the same, with much lower wages across the board. [1]: https://kb.nkba.org/2016/11/new-nkba-research-defines-average-kitchen-sizes-across-u-s/ https://kb.nkba.org/2016/11/new-nkba-research-defines-averag... [2]: https://www.apartments.com/amherst-micro-studios-seattle-wa/7tlgnlw/#951cbt6-1-floorPlan https://www.apartments.com/amherst-micro-studios-seattle-wa/...
  - decimalenough 1y ago
    The key difference is that microapartments are actually an option in Tokyo, whereas they are against code in virtually the entire US.
    - cyberax 1y ago
      Well, duh. As a result, the US also doesn't have such a collapsing population as Japan.

cyberax 1y ago

Here's the chart of Tokyo real estate prices: https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/asia/japan/home-price-trends https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/asia/japan/home-price-tr... All while just 3 hours away by car, beautiful houses are crumbling into dust. You literally can get them for the price of the land tax, and there are even companies that specialize in finding them. Any questions?