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[–] [email protected] 53 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The catch is that rural Japan is a a shithole rife with xenophobia, privacy violations, bullying, and problematic neighbors. And that's for ethnically Japanese people, so it's be way worse if you were actually a foreigner.

There's a reason why people in Japan try so hard to move away from rural areas into cities.

https://youtu.be/fjK1BkpOa8w

[–] Stalinwolf 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

What kind of privacy violations? Do the neighbors peek into your windows?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

We hit the jackpot, boys!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Can't tell if the way small minded bigots stay away from the best parts of every country is a fun coincidence or causal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

I read a while back, a testimony from someone who grew up in small town America and then moved into the city when they were older. They explained that there is a lot of indoctrination against "cityfolk" because it's largely used as a scapegoat. As city dwellers tend to be more progressive due to their heightened social stimulation, this leads a lot of small-towners to hate the idea of progress