What about it seems depressing? I live in the U.S., and I don't think so.
And yes, I have been to other countries and experienced other cultures, including a year in Okinawa.
America is depressing because everything is too big, there are no sidewalks in many places, mass transportations is a joke. The general culture, mentality etc seems like shit, the authorities are people I wouldn't trust ever. Just looking at endless highways with lightposts 10 meters high, infrastructure which is laughably bad and innefficient, people dressing ugly, extremely crappy tv-shows, bad music and just overall like a place forgotten by God. And that's the more urban regions... If I think of Nebraska or South Dakota or an average size town in Indiana I want to slit my wrists without even living there.
Okinawa isn't where I want to go. I want to go to Kyoto or Sapporo.
id have to agree with the twat on this one. except id hit tookyo, and osaka if i went to nipon
Tokyo and Osaka are the biggest cities so most people chose them it seems. Most sex, most party going in every night. But it's so much stress.
Kyoto was one of the few cities not bombed during WW2 and it only has 1,5 million citizens. It's the perfect aspie town, designed after traditional japanese style in the older parts. Houses which offer complete shelter from the bustling outside. It's in the mountains and have very bright real autumns and snow in the winter despite quite far south. A maneagable city rich with ancient wooden houses and shops and an overall feeling of "sanctuary" over it. It appeals to my aspieness and need for peace and lower stress. In Tokyo and Osaka the stress is constant.
I had my eyes on Sapporo but when I read about Kyoto and saw pictures from there and heard it was in the mountains even, it became my first hand choice. They even have tame deers walking around inside the city and lots of lush green covering parts of the city.
