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		itsmek 40 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Japan has such good railways Source? I've always thought of Tokyo as a rare example of abundant and affordable housing among major world cities. Their rent to income ratio is like 0.3 while most major global cities are 0.35-0.4

mono442 40 days ago [–]

tokyo is cheaper than most cities relatively to the average income but you have to consider the fact that many apartments are like 20 - 30 m^2

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