July
@july
A good question. Very generally speaking; Japan’s culture is one of preservation and conservatism. If it ain’t broken don’t fix it. The states has a culture of everything can be reinvented , continual rebirth, freedom to do anything. Here’s a little drawing of how I see it - Japan’s innovation happens huge and abrupt step changes, but then doesn’t change for possibly decades until they are forced to change again. US on the other hand has a lot tendency to be less discrete and almost continuous with its change so it’s never not changing.
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christin
@christin
my weeb side wants... - onsen culture - vending machines with good beverage choices and diff temperatures - combinis in general - cute and affordable micro apartments like this youtube channel i'm currently obsessed with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jGo6JOpaFM
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christin
@christin
fine i'll add secondaries - onsen - welp we kinda have that in some places but they are either expensive or remote... - vending machines - too much crime for this to be sustainable - combinis - US labor and real estate costs can't support this the way Japan can - micro apartments - nimbyism :S
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christin
@christin
all to say the things i want are very specific to the history of the Japanese economy allowing these factors to flourish, that then have consequences that I find less favorable if I were to live there I /july 'd myself
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