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Re:Japan Shows the Way to Affordable Megacities (2014) by samsonradu on Sunday May 07, 2017 @10:12AM (#14285540)
Right, Tokyo is very wide-spread. I believe it's the incredible infrastructure that allows people to commute to work easily. There is surprisingly little traffic for a city of that size.

Leaving Tokyo for Kyoto by train I kept seeing apartment buildings and houses for the first 50km or so.

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Re:Japan Shows the Way to Affordable Megacities (2014) by jackcosgrove on Sunday May 07, 2017 @08:33PM (#14288490)
This sort of super sprawl is enabled by Japanese employers' promises of lifetime employment. You buy near where you work, and your job lasts as long as a mortgage. No need to buy in Mountain View because 20 employers are nearby.
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