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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don’t understand the differences between the US and a culturally/racially homogenous country that is smaller than California and has more than twice the population? [/quote]

That level of density is actually a major demographic challenge, not some sort of advantage.  What are you even trying to say?  Like brown people keep America from having clean trains?  Maybe treating brown people like second class citizens for centuries on end is the actual problem, and a solveable one at that.

The US should actually be superior in all of these metrics.  We are one of the largest, most resource rich nations in the world, and those natural resources are actually what is propping up our economy DESPITE our across the board stupid policies.[/quote]

PP here. Funny how all of you who claim to value diversity immediately jump to assuming a reference to racial homogeneity is necessarily meant to be positive.

OP is the one claiming Japanese society is superior.  I personally don’t homogeneity should be the goal and prefer the American approach. The Japanese pressure to conform, like the technology, is probably necessary for a society trying to cram that many people into such a small area, but I would find it stultifying and, in the long term, counterproductive. Japanese society is dying. Literally. If not for immigration, the US would be heading in the same direction.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japan-births-new-low-population-shrinks-ages-94078296

And, duh, the challenge of density is the point. In the US, we have lots of space (even in our relatively dense areas)  so we don’t have to redevelop the old. There’s plenty of space, so we spread out and build new. No one wants to live near the rail road tracks. In Japan real estate is too valuable to waste, so even the less desirable areas get rebuilt.

Not to mention that, in Japan, houses are effectively disposable. They don’t build a house expecting it to last for multiple owners over centuries. A house is considered to be worthless after 20-30 years. Think about what an incredible waste of resources that is. Those shiny new houses may look nice, but they’re the ultimate token of a disposable, consumerist society. Give me a slightly shabby, well-built 19th Century house any day.

https://www.archdaily.com/980830/built-to-not-last-the-japanese-trend-of-replacing-homes-every-30-years
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