<story><title>An average family in Tokyo can own a new house for $850/month</title><url>https://www.curbed.com/2017/2/3/14496248/tokyo-real-estate-affordable-homes</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>codesuki</author><text>I think this headline is misleading in 2 ways.&lt;p&gt;1. yes you might get a house at this price but it&amp;#x27;s either 1-2 hours out of the city center (which is fine, just saying Tokyo is large.) Or alternatively it&amp;#x27;s in bad neighborhoods.
(bad is relative if you are from the US)&lt;p&gt;2. your house will most likely look like this: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ii-ie2.net&amp;#x2F;dat&amp;#x2F;5ba1164d.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ii-ie2.net&amp;#x2F;dat&amp;#x2F;5ba1164d.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sayonara sunlight, hello neighbor.&lt;p&gt;here are listings:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.homes.co.jp&amp;#x2F;smp&amp;#x2F;kodate&amp;#x2F;shinchiku&amp;#x2F;tokyo&amp;#x2F;list&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.homes.co.jp&amp;#x2F;smp&amp;#x2F;kodate&amp;#x2F;shinchiku&amp;#x2F;tokyo&amp;#x2F;list&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;there are nice ones in the list. I am just saying that this is the eastern country side of Tokyo (check the map) when the title probably makes everyone think something different.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wenc</author><text>&amp;gt; 2. your house will most likely look like this&lt;p&gt;Not sure what&amp;#x27;s wrong with that? That looks pretty amazing actually. I live in a unit that looks similar to that near downtown Chicago. My unit is north facing, and even so, there&amp;#x27;s more than enough sunlight.</text></comment>
<story><title>An average family in Tokyo can own a new house for $850/month</title><url>https://www.curbed.com/2017/2/3/14496248/tokyo-real-estate-affordable-homes</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>codesuki</author><text>I think this headline is misleading in 2 ways.&lt;p&gt;1. yes you might get a house at this price but it&amp;#x27;s either 1-2 hours out of the city center (which is fine, just saying Tokyo is large.) Or alternatively it&amp;#x27;s in bad neighborhoods.
(bad is relative if you are from the US)&lt;p&gt;2. your house will most likely look like this: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ii-ie2.net&amp;#x2F;dat&amp;#x2F;5ba1164d.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ii-ie2.net&amp;#x2F;dat&amp;#x2F;5ba1164d.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sayonara sunlight, hello neighbor.&lt;p&gt;here are listings:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.homes.co.jp&amp;#x2F;smp&amp;#x2F;kodate&amp;#x2F;shinchiku&amp;#x2F;tokyo&amp;#x2F;list&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.homes.co.jp&amp;#x2F;smp&amp;#x2F;kodate&amp;#x2F;shinchiku&amp;#x2F;tokyo&amp;#x2F;list&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;there are nice ones in the list. I am just saying that this is the eastern country side of Tokyo (check the map) when the title probably makes everyone think something different.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jseliger</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Sayonara sunlight, hello neighbor.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the sort of thing that markets solve really well. If you want a dwelling unit with those properties, pay for it. If they&amp;#x27;re less important to you than cost, don&amp;#x27;t. If one is $300,000 and the other $600,000, it&amp;#x27;s very reasonable to choose affordability and go to a park.</text></comment>