There are a lot of apples to oranges comparisons here. Using Manhattan instead of all of New York and comparing it To all of Tokyo is misleading at best.
For myth #1, you are correct, the living costs in Tokyo are unfortunately compared to Manhattan. However, both London and Paris are calculated as metropolitan area.
To give you the information you are looking for to the best of my capacity:
- Tokyo Ginza (Tokyo's "Manhattan") 1LDK: ￥286,000 ($2,053)/month
- Manhattan - 1LDK $3,997/month
Hence, rents are around 50% cheaper in Ginza compared to Manhattan.
Thank you for the reply. I wasn't trying to be snarky, I just wanted to point out that the way countries designate town/city/metropolitan areas can vary hugely.
For example, I live in Okayama City, which has a population of 720,000 or so. Compare that with Boston, with a population of 675,000 people. Anybody who has visited both Boston and Okayama will immediately tell you that Boston is way, way, way bigger than Okayama. Bigger downtown, taller buildings, more people, more pro sports teams, bigger transportation network, etc.
But wait, Okayama has an objectively bigger population than Boston?!?!
Yes, but "Okayama City" encompasses a huge tract of land that starts at the Seto Inland Sea and ends in the mountains to the north and includes a lot of sparsely inhabited countryside. Boston proper is almost only urban land at the heart of the "Boston Metro Area", which has over 4 million people in it.
There is no right or wrong way to label and classify cities, but it is important to be cognizant of the distinctions used by different countries, and I think it's also important to share those differences with readers who might be ignorant to those facts.
Great analysis!
Your map shows Osaka north & east of Tokyo?
Sorry, which map are you referring to? The 3D visual is metropolitan Tokyo, and the other map shows the world.
The map of the world has the points for Tokyo and Osaka mislabeled as one-another.
I see. Yeah, that's an unfortunate mistake by the creator for sure. However, the facts in the image are still true.
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There are a lot of apples to oranges comparisons here. Using Manhattan instead of all of New York and comparing it To all of Tokyo is misleading at best.
For myth #1, you are correct, the living costs in Tokyo are unfortunately compared to Manhattan. However, both London and Paris are calculated as metropolitan area.
To give you the information you are looking for to the best of my capacity:
- Tokyo Ginza (Tokyo's "Manhattan") 1LDK: ￥286,000 ($2,053)/month
- Manhattan - 1LDK $3,997/month
Hence, rents are around 50% cheaper in Ginza compared to Manhattan.
(Sources, New York: https://www.renthop.com/average-rent-in/new-york-ny Ginza: https://www.chintai.net/tokyo/area/13102005/rent/ )
For both myth #2 and #3, New York metropolitan area is used, which includes New York City, Long Island, the Mid and Lower Hudson Valley.
Thank you for the reply. I wasn't trying to be snarky, I just wanted to point out that the way countries designate town/city/metropolitan areas can vary hugely.
For example, I live in Okayama City, which has a population of 720,000 or so. Compare that with Boston, with a population of 675,000 people. Anybody who has visited both Boston and Okayama will immediately tell you that Boston is way, way, way bigger than Okayama. Bigger downtown, taller buildings, more people, more pro sports teams, bigger transportation network, etc.
But wait, Okayama has an objectively bigger population than Boston?!?!
Yes, but "Okayama City" encompasses a huge tract of land that starts at the Seto Inland Sea and ends in the mountains to the north and includes a lot of sparsely inhabited countryside. Boston proper is almost only urban land at the heart of the "Boston Metro Area", which has over 4 million people in it.
There is no right or wrong way to label and classify cities, but it is important to be cognizant of the distinctions used by different countries, and I think it's also important to share those differences with readers who might be ignorant to those facts.
"Prices are steadily rising" might be getting overthrown real soon with the current economic outlook.