MoonGoodandHappy Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 If you had no choice and had to choose one of these city to live in forever, which one would you choose ? Tokyo ? New York ? Which city would you choose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Cowboy Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 New York cause I don’t know japanese + japanese work culture is insufferable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudy Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) I'm kind of a weeb so I'm going to say Tokyo, it also isn't infested with rats. That being said NY seems like a city that offers a lot and socially would probably be preferable to a westerner like me. Edited April 3, 2023 by Cloudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittenCake Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Tokyo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropez Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 New York. Because Japanese people don’t like foreigners, and there will be areas you cannot go because you aren’t Japanese. And this brings in a whole bunch of issues. At least in New York there’s diversity and I won’t have to deal with a homogeneous collective culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byzantium Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 New York. It’s closer to family and I could easily find a job there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuition Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 New York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitsouko Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Born and raised in Manhattan but at this point I'd choose Tokyo, a city with character and dignity. NYC now is a foul sty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Tokyo because it's safer, cleaner and much more affordable. I'm much more interested in travelling Japan than the US too. I do think New York has a lot to offer though and I would probably select it if I was rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArgonaut Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) New York cause that's where my grandma lives. I have no business being in Tokyo. Edited April 3, 2023 by TheArgonaut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastedpotential Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 New York, because employment would be easier and more comfortable, as others have pointed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad guy Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 New York is always alive, full of diversity, and has friendly people. Tokyo is beautiful but the culture there is only nice for a visit. The anti-socialness would make it difficult to make any friends as a foreigner. The Hikikomori culture is also an issue. NYC just has better opportunities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikeATattoo Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The7thStranger Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 New York is close enough to where I was born, so it would make seeing family easier. But I'd be a lot happier in Tokyo, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadonnasBoyfriend Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 NY. I don't want to not speak the language. I love teriyaki chicken and certain I can find some in NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reginald Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) Tokyo, but I'm significantly taller than the average Japanese person Everything there is designed for people 9 inches shorter than me, but I want to visit so badly Edited April 3, 2023 by Reginald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaunzie Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Tokyo, because New York is made for the wealthy and not me. Those housing costs, rents, taxes and the personal army of the corrupted politicians in NY, no ma'am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Before Today Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 New York because although it's rat infested and crazy expensive, it isn't as xenophobic as Tokyo can be. Tokyo is beautiful and I'd visit it time to time, but to live there I don't think I can ever feel/will fully be accepted as part of the group as a foreigner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxie Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Tokyo for the food, culture and beauty. I would have to learn Japanese and get a high salary job. I was in Japan in March and it was such an incredible experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erotic Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I live in New York, and many people from Tokyo want to be here. So. I love sushi tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aren Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) NY is just not the same since the pandemic and I fear it will never fully recover. A lot of POC and immigrants left and have been replaced by white transplants from the Midwest, it feels very boring and bland right now. Edited April 6, 2023 by Aren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.R.L Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 NY of course, Tokyo like many other cities in Asia is very boring and crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alldeezy Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 NYC. been there twice and love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaggedGalaxy Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 New York because I don't speak Japanese, I don't know the culture and Tokyo is a little too homogeneous for my liking, New York has more diversity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Born and raised in Brooklyn, currently live in Queens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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