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[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 68 points 2 months ago

What the hell is "failed to gentrify" supposed to mean?

[-] Llituro@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago

it is possible to work on the internet and power lines without digging up the sidewalk

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

And the earthquakes that happen every week or so are much less likely to damage those lines

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

I don't think this is true? Surely not? Tokyo has underground railway and that's fine.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

I imagine those are built more robustly than a buried copper or fiber line

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

I'm guessing Japanese has a term for the process by which small towns and exurbs got absorbed into Tokyo, the word roughly translates to gentrify, but it doesn't quite work.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Very charitable interpretation

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

Always my first assumption when I see something very goofy written by a person who isn't speaking their native tongue lol.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

I assumed it was a cracker expat because reddit but looks like you might be right

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