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How an Average Family in Tokyo Can Buy a New Home
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A mini-documentary by a Canadian living in Japan explaining how an average family can afford a new detached house in Tokyo. It covers how houses are treated as depreciating assets and how Japanese zoning and building practices keep prices low.
It is the standard citation in HN housing debates for showing that dense cities can still have affordable single-family homes.
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