Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in
by axpy906 on Sunday January 02, 2022 @03:39PM
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For context I am comparing it to the suburban United States.
Boarding public transit is definitely an issue.
Going anywhere with small children is a bit difficult to be honest as their are quite a lot of rules. For example, no toys in the pool.
Constrained and limited places to play outside. Outside of the park everything is concrete and many types of play are banned. When out, I had to watch them like a hawk. Here they go over to a neighbors yard to play and have no such worries.
Childcare is also expensive to get if both parents do not work (in that case itβs free).
That said I knew plenty of expats from population dense areas that were of different opinion. They had cars too :)
Boarding public transit is definitely an issue. Going anywhere with small children is a bit difficult to be honest as their are quite a lot of rules. For example, no toys in the pool.
Constrained and limited places to play outside. Outside of the park everything is concrete and many types of play are banned. When out, I had to watch them like a hawk. Here they go over to a neighbors yard to play and have no such worries.
Childcare is also expensive to get if both parents do not work (in that case itβs free).
That said I knew plenty of expats from population dense areas that were of different opinion. They had cars too :)