Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!mmcatv.co.jp!news.moat.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: anotherfool@hotmail.com (another fool) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: How does one express Date: 23 Dec 2003 02:34:13 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 19 Message-ID: <44845040.0312230234.2d93eb46@posting.google.com> References: <44845040.0312211844.10eedbb4@posting.google.com> <44845040.0312212339.6a4c4145@posting.google.com> <3FE75FA5.1050409@yahoo.komm> NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.231.174.34 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1072175654 23410 127.0.0.1 (23 Dec 2003 10:34:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:34:14 +0000 (UTC) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:9173 "John W." wrote in message news:<3FE75FA5.1050409@yahoo.komm>... > I've always wondered why everyone wants to live in the large urban > centers so much for reasons like this. The streets are so crowded that > you can't push a stroller without people bumping it, or the people are > so rude that they bump into a stroller without caring. Had many such > issues in Himeji and Kobe, and both are much less crowded than Tokyo. > > John W. Not a terrible guess, we had gone down into town to do some shopping since our local grocery is a bit limited. But then I'd hardly call Atsugi a "large urban center". And someone was right - I do remember seeing many more strollers then I remember in years past - I had put it down to being more sensative to the issue since I am normally pushing my own. But then I also saw a younger fellow give his seat to a lady carrying a kid the last week on the train so maybe we are witnessing the next sign of the apocolypse.