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Originally Posted by Nyororin

I`ve never been to Chiba. I was talking specifically about Saitama. I guess as the original subject was Saitama, I sort of read the message I replied to as referring to the same place. My mistake.

My experience with Saitama was that it appeared to be a place that was booming in growth mainly because people could find much cheaper housing there than in Tokyo. In fact, I know a bunch of people who live in Saitama for exactly those reasons. It seems like every big company here has a chunk of apartments in Saitama that they toss employees into when they send them to work in Tokyo. Everywhere I`ve stayed in Saitama (short of the one time I stayed in my friend`s house) has been surrounded by crappy hostess bars. It seems like every station is sinking in a sea of them.
Of course, I assume that there are great and beautiful areas... But you`re not going to be living in them if you`re sent there with JET.

just defending my turf