Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities

Re:Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities by seanmcdirmid on Thursday August 06, 2026 @10:42PM (#49205362)

I live in Ballard Seattle, we have most of that except the hot pot place (we are getting a Korean BBQ someday soon though). Ok, no imax (you have to take the bus to Seattle center for that). And…no subway-like mass transit until 2065 it seems.

But you can get that in the states, you just need to pay for it, although the prices are something Vancouverites can surely emphasize with. And frankly, Vancouver area has some wicked unhappy commute opportunities as well.

The nice thing about living in China was that it was easy and cheap to live urban.

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Re:Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities by j16sdiz on Friday August 07, 2026 @02:05AM (#49206452)

> The nice thing about living in China was that it was easy and cheap to live urban.

It is not that cheap when you adjust for the average hourly salary.

and imported goods are disproportionly expensive when you need them

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Re:Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities by seanmcdirmid on Friday August 07, 2026 @03:05PM (#49214933)

It really isn’t that bad even if you do adjust for local salaries, but only to a point. Still have lots of people commuting in from the suburbs and that can be a brutal 2 hour commute each way.

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