The 2-Belo wrote:
 > Eric Takabayashi and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:
 >
 >
 >
 >> No one I ask knows why there is so much Niigata property for sale,
 >> or why it is so damned cheap, despite some of it even being new.
 >
 >
 > It's happening in Gifu as well: rural communities selling land and
 > houses for comically low prices in order to draw new residents. New
 > residents = more influx of tax money and consumption of services =
 > better economy, I'm guessing.
 >
 > There are large signs in many Nagoya area trains that blare the
 > advantages of living in Buttfuck, Gifu, and sport pictures of
 > gleaming new neo-retro houses. The message is obvious: "Please move
 > here and spend your money!"
 >
I'd like to live in Gifu. Always thought it'd pretty much be the best 
place for me. Unfortunately my wife has no real desire to be there, and 
it's too difficult for me to fly from Gifu to Tennessee where my family is.

John W.