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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just there in August.

Yep.

Clean, safe, educated people.

Everyone is so polite, willing to help you. Never did we feel safe in the big cities. No trash anywhere.  Food healthy.

Here, cities dirty and crime everywhere. Many drug users. In US education is not valued. Too many people on welfare. And tooooo many illegal immigrants where Japan has virtually none.

We are wasting to much money on social programs, welfare, migrant aid and not using money for roads/bridges. In Japan everything is well maintained.

US is in decline. If you don’t see it, then you’re blind.  We had family visit from out of country. They were disgusted at The shit in San Francisco and witnessed a robbery.

Shame.
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I don't disagree with your assessment of the US. San Francisco is the poster child for A City on the Decline though. As another pp said, we have institutionalized people living in poverty and crime here that Japan simply doesn't have.

I mean this gently, but some of you truly don't pick up on the nuances of Japanese culture. They're overly polite to you, but they don't want you to live there. It's a very fake nice that they use and you naïvely walk away thinking they like you.

My brother has been to Japan several times. They're extremely polite to white westerners, but they won't let you into their inner circles. One wealthy Japanese man insisted on paying for a luxury hotel room for my brother and his wife. But it was more about how he wanted himself/Japan to be seen, not about liking my brother and his wife.

Another time, my brother pointed out to a Japanese man that he dropped his wallet. The Japanese people all commented that they couldn't believe there was an honest white man and they insisted he move to the front of the line. They didn't know he could understand him. They were holding him in disdain while celebrating him. It would be easy to overlook the disdain part if you don't know what to look for.

There's a lot of nuance to unpack there. You would probably have a fabulous couple months then be lonely as hell after a year.[/quote]

Thank you for sharing this!

You are probably correct.[/quote]

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