[tommasi]

There are MANY livable places in Tokyo.

Some people just visit places like Shinjuku and Shibuya, and conclude that all Tokyo is like that.

But the reality is not.

Tokyo is a big city and it is like NYC on top of LA so it is sprawled out.

I grew up in Mitaka which is in West side of Tokyo just 20 min from Shinjuku Station by the Chuo-Line, the most busiest line of all, and I have to say it is pretty quiet out there at night but yet very convenient with all the basic things around.

Kichijoji, the most popular place people want to live in entire Tokyo, is right next to Mitaka so I can do all the basic shopping without going to busier places.

It gets more quiet past Mitaka and it continues all the way to places like Hachioji, Takao, and Fussa, where one of the US bases are.

So I suggest others to not over-generalize Tokyo cos you don't know what you are talking about.