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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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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the Tokyo metro area is suburbs, old villages, farmland, and conventional cityscapepic.twitter.com/ADkGJ77v5q
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all four of those pics are from suburban Tokyo--in order, Hachioji, Hadano, Kawagoe, and Yokohama
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