depends on how crucial said aspects are to said system--my impression is that short lifespan of housing is a key aspect of Japanese urbanism
In USA, you're expected to take care of yourself: depend on nobody (& by extension, nobody depends on you)
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You would do so by going out, away from civilization, and fending for yourself on the frontier...but after that closed?
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We just got left with the remnants: urge to settle away from civilization & resentment of any sort of dependence on each other
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Both attitudes are directly opposed to idea of the "public square" or the city in general...Japan doesn't seem to have these attitudes
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I've seen enough Japanese movies to know this is 100% false. People have died there because they were ashamed to ask for help.
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different rationale...ashamed to ask for help but not ashamed to provide it
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Social stigmas don't arise from nowhere. They're enforced somehow. But as I said, I'm not expert.
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