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Read someone say they were tired of living paycheck to paycheck in London, so they were hoping to move to Hong Kong or Singapore or Sydney. Grass is greener, etc, but it’s wild to think people think life will be any different in any other global and major city (especially not when you don’t get paid more for being ‘foreign’ in these places anymore)
In case you think those places are cheaper for any reason: friends from those places visit me in San Francisco, look at million dollar apartments and get excited at how ‘cheap’ they are
I've lived in a blur of cities - they all blend together now. I loved them all, especially the Chicago, Old Town, Lincoln Park area.
Returned two years ago - nobody I knew was left.
"When I consider everything that grows
Holds in perfection but a little moment,
That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows...
I told my kids, everyone ought to spend a few years in the Big City - the clubs, the art, the hustle and bustle. Don't raise kids there, though
@tuban_muzuru I grew up in mega cities, I love them passionately. Very much depends on who you are. We don’t have this country / burby vision of an ideal life outside of N America
I'd have to say Osaka is the city I know best in Japan. It's a livable city, Tokyo at half the price. I could live in Osaka.
But rural Japan is totally different - but I'd prefer to raise my kids with their feet in the dirt and not on concrete..
@tuban_muzuru I like the diversity and din of mega cities, primarily those with good transit. Children who are safe in cities with good transit have far more independence. I was taking the public bus on my own since the age of 7, and cannot imagine being confined by my parents’ cars and schedules. Some cities (like SF, Portland, Seattle) are really close to and easy to access for nature. Pros and cons. Having a balanced life is important. Whatever it is people from small towns feel about being claustrophobic in big cities, I have the opposite.
I had not taken the relative safety of Asian towns and cities into account - yes, you're right, smaller children would be shepherded by every Obāsan ( honorific for unknown older lady, more at Auntie ) they met.
Humans thrive in cities; more should be done to make the lives of children and elderly more pleasant in them.