There are many reasons that Jacobs appealed to me, but the one that really sealed the deal is that she took Japan seriously
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That is, no matter how descriptive they are, there's no sense that they have anything we could learn from
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So, newsflash: since at least 1964, Tokyo has been the most important city in the world, technologically and economically speaking
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In Tokyo's wake, a network of other East Asian cities have rapidly industrialized and grown prosperous
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If you want to solve the practical problems of city life in the 21st century, you have to pay attention to the cities that are solving them
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This is directly relevant for me because of the conversation around public transit--everyone's idealizing European systems
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Never mind that Japanese transit turns a profit, carries far more people, fuels a local rail industry that exports worldwide
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also Japanese people live in mind blowing density. Capsule hotels maybe not so popular here.
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most Japanese live in single family detached houses; capsule hotels are just a meme, not common
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muh family all served in the Pacific and came back obsessed.
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so tru tho; the most Japan-curious people I know are all ex-Navy
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yeah, my paternal grandfather and all his siblings (even my great-aunt) joined the Navy.
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she spent the decade after living in SEA and also somehow learning Banzai.
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rationale was if you were gonna die, at least you would have had a shower and hot food.
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Side note, there is only one US politician in the past decade who actually took notes on how Singapore managed its economic growth.
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Who was that?
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Trump. His tax plan essentially uses aspects of theirs.
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thanks. I don't know the details of US politics
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You're welcome!
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