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Japan Is So Desperate to Increase Its Birth Rate That Tokyo Is Trying Out a New Idea: Free Daycare (www.xatakaon.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not cheap. That's how much a flat for one person costs in Zurich centre. You just have insanely high rents.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

I just checked out of curiosity and you're full of crap. Zurich is far more expensive than Tokyo (or any other place in Japan).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Hey, cost of living, without rent. I'm talking about rent though.

2 rooms flats start at around CHF 1300, if you're lucky.

Edit: ah, you meant Japan side is rent and living.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

If you actually read the page, you'll find that it does have a price for the rent. The other part was precisely my point. Rent in Japan is a lot lower. 1500 includes rent and cost of living.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I said "including" rent. The rent alone is about 560USD. I haven't lived in Zurich but I know for a fact that Basel is about twice as expensive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Basel has insanely high rents too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Lose the "too" and you might be onto something.