"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message

> > Big cities too spread out?
>
> Yes.

15 km is too spread out ? In your muddy island, that's the space between 2
macdos, in Osaka city, that's the maximum possible distance between 2
places.

> Frequent trains during operating hours don't offset tens of minutes spent
> riding them just to go shopping or eat.

???? I take the elevator or the telephone to go shopping or to eat. Like
everybody else in Osaka.

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