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Originally Posted by Xlll
1. From your experience or opinion, where should one stay if he or she doesn't want to live in the "crowd" of Tokyo, rather live in a more laid back environment but near Tokyo and the excitement as well, or is this place too expensive and rife with travelers as well?
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Samokan is going to hate me for this, but....
I hate Osaka just as much as I hate Tokyo. In fact, in all my time in Osaka (which is much more than Tokyo, as Osaka is a lot closer) I found the city dirtier , and in general more dangerous than even Tokyo. (Ever walk around Osaka station on the "bad" side? Where all the homeless live, and it smells like sewage all the time?)
I much prefer my own local city of Nagoya - which is third in the population density scale. Not only is it clean here, the city is full of parks and *the air is clean*. You don`t end up choking and coughing like I did in both Tokyo and Osaka. I could never imagine choosing to live in either of them.