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What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world? (lemm.ee)

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[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Another big difference is the apartments are actually very affordable. Two minimum wage earners could afford a ~~3~~ 2 bedroom apartment in 6 of the 23 wards in Tokyo.

EDIT: 2 bedroom, not 3.

[-] nbafantest@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah that's honestly insane.

[-] firipu@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

You do realize a 3 bedroom appt is like 40-60m2 over here right?

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

40m^2 seems small. 60m^2 is 645 sq ft, so a bit smaller than we're used to, but not enough to make up the price difference.

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