Current Events > Is Tokyo the best city in the world? (Apart from Surfers Paradise, Australia)

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Each district is like a new city, each with its own unique culture and attractions
In the urban areas, high tech and amazing.
In the more park/nature areas, peaceful and beautiful

Only downside is if you wanna live there, you gotta live in Japan
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lol no
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Surfers Paradise? You a big fan of strip clubs, drunk teens and the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum?
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Darmik posted...

Surfers Paradise? You a big fan of strip clubs, drunk teens and the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum?

yes no and yes
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New York City is the greatest city in the world, hands down. Nothing compares culturally to The Big Apple.

Cheyenne
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iClockwork posted...

New York City is the greatest city in the world, hands down. Nothing compares culturally to The Big Apple.

Yeah no. Tokyo is light years ahead.
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Sydney shits all over anything Queensland has.
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ColdOne666 posted...

Sydney shits all over anything Queensland has.

nah
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Muflaggin posted...

Yeah no. Tokyo is light years ahead.

Nope. Tokyos filled with old people, the average income is lower and they don't have a single UNESCO world heritage site.

iClockwork posted...

Muflaggin posted...

Yeah no. Tokyo is light years ahead.

Nope. Tokyos filled with old people, the average income is lower and they don't have a single UNESCO world heritage site.

So , with age comes wisdom

goldbman posted...

So , with age comes wisdom

Xenophobia is wisdom? Who knew.

iClockwork posted...

goldbman posted...

So , with age comes wisdom

Xenophobia is wisdom? Who knew.

i mean, look all the places accepting muslim immigrants
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Rika_Furude posted...

i mean, look all the places accepting muslim immigrants

Yup the United States does accept Muslim immigrants who account for around 3.3 million residents or 1.1% of the population.

Japan on the other hand has a Muslim population of 70,000 or a mere 0.055% of the population. FAR less accepting.

Kinda made my point for me. Thank You.

iClockwork posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

i mean, look all the places accepting muslim immigrants

Yup the United States does accept Muslim immigrants who account for around 3.3 million residents or 1.1% of the population.

Japan on the other hand has a Muslim population of 70,000 or a mere 0.055% of the population. FAR less accepting.

Kinda made my point for me. Thank You.

now look at mass shooting/rape/terrorism rates
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Rika_Furude posted...

now look at mass shooting/rape/terrorism rates

Derailing your own topic bc Tokyo getting BTFO by NYC.

yikes

iClockwork posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

now look at mass shooting/rape/terrorism rates

Derailing your own topic bc Tokyo getting BTFO by NYC.

yikes

yeah im sure all the victims in germany love the refugees, same with women in india

good point about you derailing my topic though. how about you stop?
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I was on topic until you went off on a refugee tangent.

Rika_Furude posted...

iClockwork posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

now look at mass shooting/rape/terrorism rates

Derailing your own topic bc Tokyo getting BTFO by NYC.

yikes

yeah im sure all the victims in germany love the refugees, same with women in india

good point about you derailing my topic though. how about you stop?

Good Lord, when did NYC move to Germany?

You'd think that'd be big news.
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iClockwork posted...

I was on topic until you went off on a refugee tangent.

to counter your "xenophobia is always wrong" sentiment
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Tokyo is awesome. Whether or not it's the best major city depends on what you value. It's safe and has possibly the best restaurants in the world. But I would not want to work for a Japanese company.
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to me, yeah. and its considered home
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Melbourne is the greatest city in the world.
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Rika_Furude posted...

"xenophobia is always wrong

Never said that.

yikes

Bigger problem with white male domestic violence than Muslims in Australia, TC. By a long, long way.
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Well I would prefer London. Granted, I haven't been to Tokyo but nothing beats the West End musical theater scene so eh
Besides in London people speak English
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scar the 1 posted...

Well I would prefer London. Granted, I haven't been to Tokyo but nothing beats the West End musical theater scene so eh
Besides in London people speak English

Man, London is shit to me. London doesn't feel English. Too many tourists.

I'd go back to Liverpool though. Loved Liverpool.
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DavidWong posted...

Bigger problem with white male domestic violence than Muslims in Australia, TC. By a long, long way.

yeah cause we don't accept gargantuan amounts of refugees
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scar the 1 posted...

Well I would prefer London. Granted, I haven't been to Tokyo but nothing beats the West End musical theater scene so eh
Besides in London people speak English

london does seem interesting as well
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Rika_Furude posted...

DavidWong posted...

Bigger problem with white male domestic violence than Muslims in Australia, TC. By a long, long way.

yeah cause we don't accept gargantuan amounts of refugees

We should take more. We well and truly have capacity to.

My fiance is a Muslim refugee of war.
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Rika_Furude posted...

scar the 1 posted...

Well I would prefer London. Granted, I haven't been to Tokyo but nothing beats the West End musical theater scene so eh
Besides in London people speak English

london does seem interesting as well

I really like it. People are super nice, although some parts of it are obviously touristy. If you wanna go Asian, check out Taipei. It's a really cool city and you won't find the same xenophobia as you'll find in Tokyo. Because you will find that in Tokyo. There will be lots of shops, restaurants, etc that just won't admit you. They'll cross their arms over their face and say "dame" and wait until you leave. Very different from what I experienced in Taipei.

DavidWong posted...

Man, London is s*** to me. London doesn't feel English. Too many tourists.

Yeah I can see that. There are definitely tons of tourists. But there's also West End, which makes it all worth it imo. And if you just hang around in the right districts otherwise, it's not so bad.
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Having the capacity to doesn't mean it's a good idea. Muslims have the capacity to fix their own countries.The few that we do accept should try harder to integrate with our culture instead of segregating themselves.
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scar the 1 posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

scar the 1 posted...

Well I would prefer London. Granted, I haven't been to Tokyo but nothing beats the West End musical theater scene so eh
Besides in London people speak English

london does seem interesting as well

I really like it. People are super nice, although some parts of it are obviously touristy. If you wanna go Asian, check out Taipei. It's a really cool city and you won't find the same xenophobia as you'll find in Tokyo. Because you will find that in Tokyo. There will be lots of shops, restaurants, etc that just won't admit you. They'll cross their arms over their face and say "dame" and wait until you leave. Very different from what I experienced in Taipei.

I'm planning a trip to America later this year, but after that, England/London is definitely on my to-visit list
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My honeymoon is to:

Bosnia
Turkey
Czechia
Italy
Spain
France

Can't wait. I have already been to:

US
England
Netherlands
Germany
Italy
Indonesia
Thailand
India
China
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Rika_Furude posted...

I'm planning a trip to America later this year, but after that, England/London is definitely on my to-visit list. I'm not sure if I'll ever visit an asian country since the language barrier seems too much to overcome for a simple holiday, but if I do I'll check out Taipei

My experience was that people spoke English reasonably well. And if they didn't, they didn't mind trying, gesticulating, showing pictures etc until you understood. I suppose it kind of depends on what you're looking to do while you're there. Me I just like walking around looking at the city, figuring things out on my own, rather than typical sights and all that jazz.
For America I really really recommend the Rocky Mountains. It's so dang beautiful.
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You could literally leave your wallet on the counter of a mcdonalds in Japan, go to the bathroom, and it will still be there with everything in it. My cousin left her purse on the subway for like 3 days. When she finally realized it, she called the subway station, they went and got it and she picked it up with everything still in it. Living here in America, it was a real culture shock for me when i went there.

Also free healthcare if youre a citizen. One of said cousins friends had cancer and it would have costed alot more to get treated elsewhere. He got treatment and beat the sucker.

Honestly the only negatives i heard from there were government based with high taxes. Also people picking their noses on the subway. But being a visitor there, everything was pretty pristine.

Also, like no garbage anywhere except in the designated smoking areas on the street. So weird not seeing any litter in a big city or a subway, but garbage cans aren't outside every store like in America. Gotta carry your trash with you
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DavidWong posted...

Bosnia
Turkey
Czechia
Italy
Spain
France

Can't say I'm in favor of visiting Turkey in its current form. Feels a lot like pouring money into a wicked dictatorship, but from what I know it's nice as far as tourism goes. Some people hate it, others love it. Czechia is notorious for pickpockets but Prague is a fantastic city. Italy I don't really care for but it's obviously not bad, and France is amazing :)
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iClockwork posted...

Muflaggin posted...

Yeah no. Tokyo is light years ahead.

Nope. Tokyos filled with old people, the average income is lower and they don't have a single UNESCO world heritage site.

So you haven't been there. Got it.
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It's good now, but it will not become great until the dawn of the second Silver Millennium.
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iClockwork posted...

New York City is the greatest city in the world, hands down. Nothing compares culturally to The Big Apple.

NYC smells like rancid piss. No thanks
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Muflaggin posted...

So you haven't been there. Got it.

Nope these are statistics. The median age in Tokyo is 44, they make less money than their NYC equivalents and they have no UNESCO world heritage sites.

iClockwork posted...

Muflaggin posted...

So you haven't been there. Got it.

Nope.

All I needed to hear.
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Muflaggin posted...

iClockwork posted...

Muflaggin posted...

So you haven't been there. Got it.

Nope.

All I needed to hear.

I've been to Tokyo twice the nope was in response to you trying to brush off facts in favor of anecdotes.

iClockwork posted...

Muflaggin posted...

iClockwork posted...

Muflaggin posted...

So you haven't been there. Got it.

Nope.

All I needed to hear.

I've been to Tokyo twice the nope was in response to you trying to brush off facts in favor of anecdotes.

Mhmmmm.
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