Re: [life in japan (English)] Greetings from the 'dark side' of Japan

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From: David Wuertele
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 08:46

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morita@jsdvax.kek.ac.jp (Youhei Morita, KEK Computing Center) writes:
> In article <MAGNUS.92Jun15144504@is19e0s00.jaist-east.ac.jp>, magnus@jaist-east.ac.jp (Magnus Halldorsson) writes...
> >If we compared the advantages and the disadvantages of the area, we
> >might wind up with a table like this:
> 
> [stuff deleted]
> 
> ...  I'm living in Tsukuba, which is 60 km away from Tokyo but is
> completely rural area and a car is a necessity.  Yet I love the life
> here.  It's just like living in Silicon Valley in Calif. or in Naperville
> by Chicago.

I always fancied that no matter how rural you got in Japan, there would
always be a momnpop yaoya-san etc. within walking (or at least
one-speed-bike riding) distance.  So, as long as you live within about
20km of work, I don't see that there is even a need for a car.  When I
lived in Silicon Valley (though I would disagree with your evaluation of
life there as loveable), the only times I needed a car was for LEAVING the
valley.

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David Wuertele, Yasuda lab., Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Technology,
University of Tokyo.

  dave@windsor.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  dave@appi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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