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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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