And all while just a hundred miles away, beautiful historical houses can be bought for literally nothing. And that's with a rapidly declining population.
30 million people in the Tokyo area would like to disagree with you, myself included. Why do you think those beautiful historical houses are laying there empty?
I can tell you for a fact that I did not move to Tokyo because I was forced to by economic forces, I chose to move there out of my own accord despite being fully location independent. Just because you hate cities doesn’t mean everyone else does.
It's not. And this is the total space, including the bathroom and the kitchen.
> That doesn't mean literally every apartment is that small
You are right, some are even smaller: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/business/tiny-apartments-...
And all while just a hundred miles away, beautiful historical houses can be bought for literally nothing. And that's with a rapidly declining population.