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by rayraegah 2523 days ago
Shared housing is becoming popular in Tokyo now, specially in Setagaya. Thanks to Netflix and Terrace House for the hype and people are starting to realize they can live better in a sharing accommodation that they wouldn't be able to afford alone.
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Things like that might also have the unintentional benefit of providing a sense of community and staving off the epidemic of loneliness that modern society is sinking into.
I totally agree and I would love to see this idea implemented in many other places but sadly not all the countries share the same mentality that Japan has about social duties.