On: Over 13% of the homes in Japan are abandoned

[marvel_boy]

Wow, 13% is a quite a lot.

[tyingq → marvel_boy]

It is. Flint, Michigan is at 16% vacancy, and I assume "vacancy" is a broader term than "abandoned".

[_zg4q → tyingq]

I wonder if that would have anything to do with all the issues the city has though? According to wikipedia, GM went from providing 80 thousand, to 8 thousand jobs, high crime rates, they had a financial crisis, and of course the whole water contamination issues since 2014.

Seems likely that it's an outlier in this case.

[koala_man → _zg4q]

Flint, MI is well known for this.

The intention was undoubtedly to say that Japan's abandonment rate has gotten so high that it's comparable to a disaster stricken city.

[_zg4q → koala_man]

Ah I think you're right looks like I misread it haha.