> This article reads like the author has misinterpreted his own personal preferences as some gospel truth that should apply to everyone
First paragraph:
"Here are some personal perspectives gained after 10+ years traveling and working between the Bay Area and Tokyo. YMMV!"
> And no, Tokyo doesn't list in the actual ranked most livable cities list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_most_liveable_cities
There are three surveys on that page. The last one, Monocle, does indeed put Tokyo at number 1.
But Monocle is a magazine put out by and aimed at wealthy urban professionals with mucho disposable income. Their priorities and idea of liveability is not the same as other groups'.
That may be. But smegel's claim was that Tokyo does not appear on any rankings list. And the evidence presented for this was a page which in fact had Tokyo first on a rankings list.
The Economist doesn't exactly target poor people either
Overreacting much? The author clearly states that it's his own personal opinions.
> Because we all like to eat at Michelin starred restaurants...
No, but having a lot of Michelin restaurants says something about the quality of their food culture, which anyone who has been to Japan can agree is one of the best in the world.
One of the things Tokyo has going for it when compared to SF is the aroma. There is no olfactory assault from urine, feces, patchouli, and pot.
Why patchouli of all things?
Some of the hippie-ish street kids like patchouli. But it's not actually a prevailing smell here in SF. I smell pot in the streets everyday, patchouli only rarely.
Re:Tokyo vs. the Bay Area
by seanmcdirmid on Sunday August 30, 2015 @07:32AM
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Tokyo has a lot more foreigners than say Beijing or even Shanghai. It is quite amazing to me that almost everyone seems to speak some English (coming from China, where foreigners are as rare as pandas and English is not common at all).
Re:Tokyo vs. the Bay Area
by kailuowang on Sunday August 30, 2015 @12:13PM
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I only spent 15 days, I did not feel that I am getting the same experience there every day, it's quite the contrary.
For example, I wouldnt call the difference between tsukiji, asakusa, kabukicho and ginza slight variations.
Re:Tokyo vs. the Bay Area
by BashiBazouk on Sunday August 30, 2015 @01:49PM
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It's hard to take any of those lists seriously when the only American city on any of them is Portland Oregon.
This is a really bizarre claim. Tokyo, like Japan is special in it's own right, but it, like the rest of Japan, is very homogeneous, you are pretty much getting the same thing everywhere (or slight variations thereof). And, as a non-Japanese, much of what the natives can experience is somewhat closed to outsiders, or simply doesn't appeal to them. And no, Tokyo doesn't list in the actual ranked most livable cities list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_most_liveable_cities
> Tokyo has the most number of Michelin stars for a single city.
Because we all like to eat at Michelin starred restaurants...
This article reads like the author has misinterpreted his own personal preferences as some gospel truth that should apply to everyone. Which really isn't of much use to anyone.