SF bay area:
area: 18,040 km2
population: 7.8M
density: 425.7/km2
1BR rent: $3.3k
Tokyo bay area:
area: 14,034 km2 (22% less)
population: 37.8M (385% more (4.85x))
density: 2,631/km2
1BR rent: $1k (70% less)
I wonder how they do it. Ah, I guess we'll never know
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Yeah, Tokyo is horrible to live, especially compared to the bay area. No feces on the streets. Excellent cheap public transport. Amazing food. Completely safe to walk around 24/7. No guns and heroin addicts on the streets… Don’t know why anyone would go there...
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Figures for average size (m2) for an apartment on both cities? Japan is widely known for its small houses
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A small house, on the other hand, is somewhat larger than "no house".
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It would be interesting to see a “rent per square foot” comparison
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