Los Angeles in 2013 as Predicted in 1988

Re:Los Angeles in 2013 as Predicted in 1988 by byoung2 on Saturday March 16, 2013 @11:56AM (#5385744)

Japanese are incredibly xenophobic, it makes more financial sense just to import housekeepers from the Philippines or Indonesia, but many don't like the idea of that so they'll develop household robots instead

With the housing so limited in places like Tokyo, wouldn't it make more financial sense to get a robot you can store in a closet than hire a live-in housekeeper?

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Re:Los Angeles in 2013 as Predicted in 1988 by rmc on Sunday March 17, 2013 @01:54PM (#5390201)

Sure, people like coming up with reasons why they aren't racist and xenophobic, and how it's perfectly logical, see?!

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Re:Los Angeles in 2013 as Predicted in 1988 by seanmcdirmid on Saturday March 16, 2013 @09:05PM (#5387499)

Hong Kong is much more dense than Tokyo, and they have imported an army of Philippine and Indonesian house keepers.

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