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Originally Posted by MMM
I think people forget that if you live in Japan, you can't buy 100 costumes, manga, anime, etc. every month. Even if you could afford it, where are you going to put it? As a knowledgeable visitor I get to do some good shopping, and take it all home to America.
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And if you don`t live in Japan, you can?
I really do not understand this argument against living in Japan...
I find it somehow strange that you have this set image of all Japanese living spaces as being tiny and with absolutely no space - apparently because that is the type of place you lived.
There are larger apartments. There are larger houses. You CAN have a big house with a big yard. Sure, it would be hard to pull off in the middle of a big city - but I`d like to see someone do the same in any other huge city outside Japan.
I live in Japan, and if I felt the desire, I could buy 100s of manga each month - and have plenty of space to store it all. Thankfully though, I have other hobbies and only a small handful of series I follow.
ETA; If living in Japan isn`t the thing for you - I have absolutely no issue with that. Everyone is different. But I still think it`s a bit unfair to compare the life you had at one point to the life you have now as the circumstances are so incredibly different. If you had made your life here, I somehow doubt you`d be living the same sort of life you had back in JET... Just as I am sure that if I`d made my life in the US things would be significantly different than the lifestlye I had there prior to leaving.