[bluepizza]

Interesting point. I feel the same about the old SNES classic, Earthbound.

It was a different perspective on America, making small towns and suburbia (a sometimes looked down upon aspect of the country) look appreciated, cozy, nice.

[PittleyDunkin]

Small towns and suburbia are wildly different (and arguably contradictory terms).

[DiscourseFan]

Japan doesn't have suburbs in the same way as the US, small towns often look and feel the same as the outskirts of major cities; although very small towns, as depicted in the Hamaguchi's most recent film Evil Does not Exist, are qualitatively different from both.