A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:01:15 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/world/a-sprawl-of-abandoned-homes-in-tokyo-suburbs.html>

"Despite a deeply rooted national aversion to waste, discarded homes are
spreading across Japan like a blight in a garden. Long-term vacancy
rates have climbed significantly higher than in the United States or
Europe, and some eight million dwellings are now unoccupied, according
to a government count. Nearly half of them have been forsaken completely
— neither for sale nor for rent, they simply sit there, in varying
states of disrepair."

Interesting.  Every country has their own problems.

Via Lauren Weinstein.

Cheers,
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