etaka wrote:
> I'm not in Japan anymore, and despite liking it there very much, it
> would take something unpleasant to make me live there again. Like how
> houses here average over $700,000 and prices are still increasing.


the US has made me feel housing is overrated.  Your supposed to go
outside of it, and i still dont understand why americans pay 200k plus
a year for Mcmansion shit houses out in the middle of nowhere with no
parks or public transport.  Maybe raising a family in a tokyo pillbox
isnt the best idea but to envy american housing is sorta dumb (as is
envying just about any aspect of american life, but which is
nevertheless done here)