nagoya

If Nagoya were a smidgen larger, Japan would dominate the liveable and affordable part of the list even more.

Here's a practical example for you: a one month train pass from my home town to Nagoya costs about $200.

Even the first phase of Japan's proposed maglev train line project, running from Tokyo to Nagoya if built, would not be completed until 2027.

I couldn't speak for Tokyo, but it is in Nagoya and many of the smaller townships.

I think he's mentioned Nagoya pref, which is kinda countrysideish and less expensive to live in.

I once wrote a game while trapped on the Shinkansen from Nagoya to Tokyo.

I do the Nagoya to Tokyo circuit every once in a while for work.

I'll be back in Nagoya in late September to visit family.

Back around 96 I went to Nagoya and ate at Denny's.

I once summoned the police in Nagoya under similar circumstances.

If you know you're going to be working in Nagoya for six months, buying the six month ticket is equivalent to buying six month CDs at an APR in excess of 40%.

It reminds me off about 30 years ago I visited a Toyota engine making plant in Nagoya and it was unremarkable apart from there being almost no people on the line.

>> Disclosure: "I don't work for Toyota" is true only to the extent that anyone in Nagoya can be said not to work for Toyota.

This is something our Startup Weekend team from Nagoya, Japan is building.

Nagoya and Taipei have been mentioned to me as examples, too.

Nagoya needs to change their pricing to reflect that, because they're leaving money on the table by charging so much less for a six-month pass vs.