Some Techies Are Shunning Silicon Valley for the Japanese Dream

Re:Some Techies Are Shunning Silicon Valley for the Japanese... by ericdykstra on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:10PM (#17828426)

I don’t really care who you choose to associate or not associate with regardless of the reason.

If a landlord doesn’t want me because I’m a foreigner, that’s fine with me. If I ask why and he explains the risk profile, I can offer to pay for my 2-year lease up front to mitigate the risk.

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Re:Some Techies Are Shunning Silicon Valley for the Japanese... by ericdykstra on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:10PM (#17828912)

If the landlord won’t take 2 years payment up front, that’s her prerogative and I’ll find a different place.

I don’t understand the obsession with wanting to force people into economic transactions they don’t want to participate in.

Fortunately for me, I’ve literally never been denied an apartment or a service or anything at all due to my race in Japan. But hypothetically, I wouldn’t have a problem with it. Discrimination laws are a violation of freedom of association and they increase the cost of transactions because people can’t state their prejudices publicly.

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Re:Some Techies Are Shunning Silicon Valley for the Japanese... by zhengyi13 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:58PM (#17828802)

Yes, but you won't even get that opportunity. It's flat out not an option.

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