Japan Shows the Way to Affordable Megacities (2014)

Re:Japan Shows the Way to Affordable Megacities (2014) by hudibras on Sunday May 07, 2017 @11:08AM (#14285796)

Of course keeping in mind that a "far suburb of Tokyo" will still have a population of 400,000 or so, roughly comparable to the size of Miami or Oakland. Yokohama is definitely not Tokyo, but its population is 3.7 million, larger than Chicago and just a bit smaller than Los Angeles.

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Re:Japan Shows the Way to Affordable Megacities (2014) by ekianjo on Sunday May 07, 2017 @06:51PM (#14288155)

Agree with your point, but a bed town far away from the Tokyo center is still a bed town. Which not a very pleasant place to live in (99% residential, almost no stores, no restaurants around).

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Re:Japan Shows the Way to Affordable Megacities (2014) by hudibras on Sunday May 07, 2017 @07:52PM (#14288351)

Well, everybody's experience is different, I guess. But 99% residential and no stores or restaurants is bit hard to believe.

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Re:Japan Shows the Way to Affordable Megacities (2014) by ekianjo on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @11:54PM (#14313734)

What I mean is, nothing nearby enough. The zoning is clearly made to favor residential spaces in extremely high proportions, unlike an ordinary city center.

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