• tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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    19 hours ago

    If I had it to do over again (born/raised in the US, living in Japan), I might pick Norway or Finland over Japan, but overall I’m fairly happy where I am.

    • simon@slrpnk.net
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      4 hours ago

      Just curious, why do you prefer those countries over Japan? Anything lacking there?

      • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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        1 hour ago

        Eh… Unless you are actually Japanese, you’re probably going to be hanging out with other ex-pats, or just very lonely.

        Japan is an extremely conservative and insular country. They don’t really mind people visiting for the most part, but they don’t really think highly of people actually immigrating there.

        There are ethnic Koreans who have lived in communities in Japan for hundreds of years who are still considered outsiders and are treated like second class citizens.