Path: news.ccsf.jp!norn-news!news.heimat.gr.jp!news.snarked.org!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: chuckers Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Mark McBennett Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 00:44:33 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 42 Message-ID: <3ed30078-37ef-4021-bee9-fe4ece9beaaf@googlegroups.com> References: <518b2963-66ff-423c-9f6b-8b466b38047e@googlegroups.com> <1e86482e-9866-47bc-aedb-c7c6f07443a9@googlegroups.com> <8ac20c1c-d166-4aac-a5bf-bf3889f4bfdb@googlegroups.com> <36fb63ef-ed91-4786-8914-417f3b5f2f3b@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 60.36.179.50 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1341302464 26628 127.0.0.1 (3 Jul 2012 08:01:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 08:01:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mtfester@netscape.net In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=60.36.179.50; posting-account=iPkvIwoAAAAK9uQVY7lJ0Hck6k8yfmjW User-Agent: G2/1.0 Xref: news.ccsf.jp fj.life.in-japan:170480 On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 12:46:50 PM UTC+9, (unknown) wrote: > chuckers <> wrote: > > On Monday, July 2, 2012 9:24:08 PM UTC+9, John W. wrote: >=20 >=20 > > I am *trying* to develop a positive mental attitude about moving to the= US > > but it ain't easy. There are some advantages to living there, yes, I do= so it. >=20 > So, where are you moving to? "Joisey" (New Jersey.) That is another concern is having the wee one come = out with a thick Joisey accent. My accent is screwed up enough and she has= picked up some of that but *sheesh*. I suppose it could be worse. Texas = or basically anything below that Manson-Nixon line. >=20 > > There are a few things I won't miss about Japan like AKB48 (or any > > other 3-letter-48 girls group) or some other things that don't quite > > spring to mind at the moment but that list is probably a LOT smaller th= an > > all the things I will miss (speaking Japanese, decent public transport, > > inexpensive high speed Internet.) >=20 > I left because of the trains; awesome public transport, but hideous=20 > during commute hours. I get up at the crack of dawn to ride an early train in which is far from c= rowded and even offers me a chance to sit down. That commute gives me a ch= ance to read actual books. Living in the US means commuting everywhere by = car which makes book reading a bit of a no-no. Going to have to probably s= witch to books on tape (CD) which isn't quite the same thing. >=20 > > In a similar vein: Anyone want to buy a house and car in Tokyo? >=20 > Maybe if you'd ask me in a couple years; where in Tokyo, BTW? >=20 Setagaya-ku. Near Sazae-san.