Why Tokyo Is the Opposite of Every Major City

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  @streater1327 · 1 year ago

  Tokyo really proves that it isn't historic architecture that makes a great city... it is the people that make a great city. Too many other cities have become museums to the past

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  @ferferfer21 · 1 year ago (edited)

  As a Spaniard researcher in City Science who has lived in Boston (USA) and currently lives in Tokyo, I feel my story can add some value.<br>I could condense all my opinion into a very distinct feeling I&apos;ve had between the two cities. In Boston, I constantly had the necessity to use a car for usual chores and basic leisure, but didn&apos;t have one. Moved to Tokyo, no need at all, much more liberty to move, commute, discover and enjoy the city and my surrounding community, it&apos;s liveliness is what Boston (and NYC depending on the borough) lacks.<br>Tokyo NOT pivoting towards car-centric city planning was the gold move of the century, and it shows.

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  @achim07 · 1 year ago

  Pretty well researched except one thing: The Godzilla attack of 1954 wasn&apos;t mentioned.

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  @5chevin5 · 1 year ago

  Just last night I left a wine bar in the Jingumae neighborhood, walking through the clean quiet backstreets towards bustling Aoyama dori, and I thought to myself, damn I love Tokyo. I love that I can walk past temples and small shops next to Michelin starred restaurants and corporate headquarters, all on one street. Ive lived in Japan for 8 years, and while not perfect, it really is an amazing place if you just go with the flow.

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  @CHEFPKR · 1 year ago

  When I visit Tokyo and my friends there the thing that stands out the most is simple:<br><br>No matter where any of my friends live in Tokyo, I can get there with public transit and some walking.<br><br>In Texas, I couldn&apos;t even walk to the grocery store that was less than a mile away because the apartment I stayed in was along a freeway.

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  @federicovalsecchi8531 · 1 year ago

  there is an important detail lacking here: the railway infrastructure and the Yamanote Line expecially. Anyone who visited Tokyo knows that the metro is just one piece of the railway transport infrastructure and the urban rail lines are the real masterpiece of Tokyo mobility.<br>but what&apos;s overlooked is how important they were to develop Tokyo polycentricity. after WW2 the buildings were destroyed but the railway infrastructure was there, albeit damaged, once quickly repaired the railways and long before cars were available the city began to organically develop around those stations (Ueno, Akihabara, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Tokyo Station.. just to name some of the most important &quot;centres&quot; of Tokyo). <br>this created a poisitive feedback loop. as more people move to live close to the stations more people will us the train to move around and thus the land around the stations will be more sought by, leading to more density, more service, more people moving from station to station by train and less general car dependecy.

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  @foodedge4314 · 4 months ago (edited)

  It’s begins with respect and ends &nbsp;with respect😅<br>It’s everything about people!

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  @geograph-ology4343 · 1 year ago

  In Houston, a private home might exist next to an amusement park. In Cairo, no one finishes the last floor of a building because it is then that taxes kick in (rebar sticks up out of high rise after high rise). Older homes in Europe may have ten rooms but over five stories because taxes were based on how much square footage it covered on the ground (nothing more &quot;cardio&quot; than carrying suitcases up five flights of steps). Tokyo stands out with its cleanliness, order, and friendliness.

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  @joltjolt5060 · 1 year ago

  Its quiet (laws mandate), its walkable, it&apos;s homes are homes, not investments.

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  @Tricolorrr533 · 5 months ago

  It&apos;s the other way around, Marunouchi line is red and Ginza line is orange

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  @SparkyRedheadSupremacist · 1 year ago

  It&apos;s amazing how much the culture of a nation influences how it develops.

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  @TomoBystedt · 1 year ago

  As Tokyo resident on and off since 1988, I can attest to what an amazing and evolving city it is. This video does a great job in providing a timeline and narrative that explains many aspects of Tokyo’s enduring success, but the backbone of it all is the Japanese culture. While it definitely has its issues, the Japanese culture’s foundation in community and mutual respect is ultimately what makes the city so safe, clean and comfortable to live in.

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