Beautiful as European old cities are, I can't say for sure I'd want to live in one, since I haven't lived in one before.
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The opposite is true for Japanese cities, and even Japanese suburbs. I would choose them over American cities/suburbs any day of the week.
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This is something which frustrates me--people who put forth Europe as the only alternative to the American way of doing cities.
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Most buildings in Japanese cities are less than 50 years old. They constantly rebuild. Can't say the same for Europe.
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That's a point against Japan. Most houses look kind of crappy because they're not investments.
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I was surprised how ugly most Japanese cities are, compared to European cities.
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I do quite like the preservation zones in certain cities, e.g. Kyoto, Takayama, but they're essentially museums.
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Mind you I grew up in an old English university city (Cambridge), so I have high standards for this sort of thing.
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haven't seen Cambridge OR Oxford, sadly--but I found Norwich's old neighborhoods to be lovely
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