"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
news:3F8FF9E0.8793F53@yahoo.co.jp...
> cc wrote:
> > Same for me. Same for anyone in Osaka.
>
> Untrue. Or there would not be the commute. What is the massive public
> transportation in Osaka for, gaijin tourists?

No, everyone in Osaka has what you have in Fukuyama (and probably better)
within 300 m. It's when they want even better stuff than that that they hop
on the old subway.

Same with jobs. If an Osakan wanted to have some crappy job like you can get
in the sticks, they could probably stay within a 300 m radius. But most are
in the big city for nicer jobs, with more money or in their field, and so
they commute.

There is no way that podunksville can compete with a big city in terms of
shopping, dining, work etc. That's not where the attractions of small cities
or the country lies.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom