Last week patio11 had an interesting comment on residential rents in San Francisco compared to rents in Tokyo.[1] "Can I throw one into the list? The median co

Last week patio11 had an interesting comment on residential rents in San Francisco compared to rents in Tokyo.[1] "Can I throw one into the list? The median cost of a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco gets you approximately two bedrooms in Tokyo... in a semi-luxury apartment, in the most desirable neighborhoods. . . . "Still though, given that I have had lifelong impressions of Tokyo as being the most expensive place to live anywhere, I was pretty gobsmacked when I started doing the math." [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8142684#up_8142803 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8142684#up_8142803