Yeah, I live here, and I take issue with the "to great success" idea. I don't know who's koolaid you're drinking, but America is *hurting*
-
-
And to be sure, the US policy isn't to strangle NYC or Silicon Valley, but (as w USSR) to lure businesses into dying cities.
3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @donlocke77 @380kmh
Also; federalism and a history in which economic and policy power are dispersed to different cities. Hard to retrofit that
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @donlocke77 @JonnElledge
Once again: Tokyo is four times the population of London with much nicer rents, you just gotta build the housing for it
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @donlocke77 @JonnElledge
You're more packed in London dude, and charged more for it: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/london-studio-flat-size-average-6117674 … vs http://japanpropertycentral.com/2014/04/march-rental-data-tokyo-kantei/ … Don't you want more room?
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Here, since the Mirror is trash, take it from the BBC instead: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22152622 … "The average UK one-bedroom home is 46 sq m"
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
That's smaller than the average *apartment* size in Tokyo! What gives?
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.