Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities

Re:Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities by giwook on Thursday August 06, 2026 @12:23PM (#49198826)

Plenty of American cities have this. I have three big grocery stores within a 2-7 minute walk. Myriad restaurants, bakeries, and cafes literally on the same block and within walking distance of me.

Vancouver is great, just wanted to call out the bias and massive overgeneralization in your statement.

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Re:Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities by testing22321 on Thursday August 06, 2026 @04:18PM (#49201880)

What a shame you don’t have good public transit, horrible crime and pollution, poor schools and a police force that is actively against you.

The US does not have a single city in the top 20 worlds most livable for a reason. (Many, actually)

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Re:Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities by giwook on Friday August 07, 2026 @12:29PM (#49212881)

And yet many people continue to choose to live in the US or actively try to immigrate here. "Most livable" is highly subjective and such rankings are but one lens to evaluate where to live.

Unfortunately there is no such thing as utopia and there are always pros and cons.

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Re:Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities by snovymgodym on Friday August 07, 2026 @02:01PM (#49214100)

It's a big country. Even today there are wonderful places to live in the USA, and also terrible places.

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Re:Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities by testing22321 on Friday August 07, 2026 @02:12PM (#49214262)

Absolutely. And even the wonderful places don’t make the top 20 in the world.

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Re:Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities by drekipus on Thursday August 06, 2026 @06:06PM (#49203262)

> Plenty of American cities have this. I have three big grocery stores...

Yeah this is precisely the exact opposite of what the article is talking about.

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