It's immensely unfortunate that there's still this ingrained mindset that in order to live a proper middle-class life you have to settle in the middle of suburbia hell where there's nothing around for miles. Though it doesn't help that the entire system is built to subsidize and encourage islands of suburbia separated by long stretches of highway.
Japan's centralization of population, strong public transit systems and city design is something that vastly appeals to me.
Japan's centralization of population, strong public transit systems and city design is something that vastly appeals to me.