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> Prices surged. Before the surge, professionals had this dream of owning.

You're literally repeating the joke.

A doctor asks a nurse:

- Was the patient sweating prior to death?

- Yes.

- Good, that's a good sign.

> Or you assertion of "declining population"? Maybe on the national level, but it's not true of Tokyo!

Indeed. And that's my point. Tokyo, like a leech, is sucking the life from its surroundings.

> And what is the difference in cost between renting and owning? Perhaps renting is affordable, but ownership is extremely expensive becuase of irrational speculation or temporary macro factors?

No. They are not temporary. The prices will not fall, they have been steadily growing for the last 2 decades.




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