Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!vda-gw!news.moat.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Why do gaigin leave Tokyo? Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:37:49 +0900 Lines: 25 Message-ID: <424138ED.3090108@hotmail.com> References: <3acngkF66e4neU1@individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net oe5Gmiu6jRB7nu3pBaVnywdfJ2+YL+ywaenTv8oYuJxfmEKECP User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:26288 Ernest Schaal wrote: > in article 3acngkF66e4neU1@individual.net, Wilson at hello@no.com wrote on > 3/23/05 5:25 PM: > >>there's nothing worth seeing outside tokyo. People don't just leave to go sightseeing, but also for quality of life, family reasons etc. In the case of Aichi there is the economic lure of higher disposable income in some fields. >>gaigin who think they are more cultured just because they prefer kyoto >>(or the countryside) are deluded. all jap cities are concrete hellholes, >>but at least toyko does it well. > > Not only is Kyoto more interesting than Tokyo, so is Osaka, Kobe, Nagasaki, > and a variety of other Japanese cities. Historically, culturally, experiential aspects etc - there are more interesting places than Tokyo. Even the nightlife in places such as Umeda or Susukino is generally more fun than say Roppongi or Shibuya. -- Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Nagoya. Saturday 5th March 2005 http://www.declan.tv/saint_pats/index.html