Several rural rail lines in West Japan that have been closed due to torrential rain and landslides are in jeopardy of never reopening. Already unprofitable on their own (but part of the overall-profitable JR West system), the high cost of reconstruction may be the breaking point.https://twitter.com/B_Leachtielu/status/1021730449406681091 …
ya immigrants probably wouldn't be rushing to Japan for the countryside--for the same reasons the natives are leaving
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moreover, while there are some unfortunate tradeoffs (like decline of rural railways), I maintain it's an overall good trend for people to move to the cities and away from the country
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Yes, but tough to see all of that rural infrastructure (and boy have they loved investing in huge rural infrastructure projects) as just sunk costs.
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it's a tough pill to swallow but that's already what they are...worst offender I can think of is the Hakucho Bridge in Muroran
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lmfaoooooo at least it's great for photography
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But even in the US, while many immigrants head to metro areas, there are definitely plenty of stories of rural areas being revitalized or at least stabilized via immigrant population growth.
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US is not experiencing same level of rural depop that Japan is afaik, and our cities aren't as attractive (economically and otherwise) either
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America's rural development strategy is doing our cities really bad.
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yepppppp and that's why I'm not really opposed to rural-to-urban migration...it's what people WANT to do anyway when the cities aren't complete garbage
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I think it's less of a problem in "mature" economies like ours (or whatever term you want to use) but I think "developing" countries are smart to want to mitigate the migration to a) give cities a chance to build b) dampen disparities in living conditions c) protect agriculture
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ah...I disagree, I think developing countries need it more than developed ones--inhibiting urban migration there means a) cities can slack off and delay building, b) disparities in living conditions intensify (rural generally MUCH worse than urban), and c) agriculture stagnates
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