Tokyo has positive population growth of about 100,000 people a year, and rents and home prices are roughly stable for last decade. How? Outconstructing NYC. And LA. And SF. And Boston. And Houston. Combined. Every year.https://twitter.com/rohoGames/status/1199342598919376898 …
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Ok thank you for cleaning that up. My experience is filled with “hey check out these ridiculously tiny places you can live in in Japan” so they put forth a narrative that is wrong and I stand corrected:)
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Kudos to you both on demonstrating respectful fact-based debate :)
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How many people live in these apartments, on average, in Tokyo or the US? Is that also the same? Just wondering because that article down the thread says 70m2 is a 3bdr-apt for a family, in Germany that would be quite tiny for 3bdr, it would be more typical for 1-2bdr
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About 70m2 is way too small for a US 3 bedroom. I personally would consider it too small for a 2 bedroom. With 3 people and 2 dogs. They exist, but because of high prices in some US cities a few people seem to be “ok” with them.
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This is outside the scope of the discussion. We aren’t talking about the homeless or expanding the argument. The original thoughts were around whether it was true or not that Japan had much smaller units or coffins if you will. Thank you.
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About the same as my place in London
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Living in Boston rn in a 250 square foot studio apartment which costs me 1300 a month. Cheapest "home" someone can find in this city without room mates.
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It seems like you're comparing apples and oranges. The result is that you give the impression that someone in SF wouldn't sacrifice much by adopting the equivalent lifestyle in Tokyo. But I think that's wrong.
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In Tokyo, most families live in apartments which skews the average higher. In cities like SF, many families are excluded from the average since they live in houses instead of apartments. A better comparison is between the average size of one bedroom apartments in each city.
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