Comments on: More shopping refugees: Residents of planned community at the mercy of bureaucratic prerogatives http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/more-shopping-refugees-residents-of-planned-community-at-the-mercy-of-bureaucratic-prerogatives/ How to make, save and spend money in Japan. Tue, 21 May 2013 23:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dionisio Franca http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/more-shopping-refugees-residents-of-planned-community-at-the-mercy-of-bureaucratic-prerogatives/comment-page-1/#comment-51344 Dionisio Franca Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:52:34 +0000 http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/?p=2523#comment-51344 Dear Philip and Masako,

I enjoy this and the Cat/Rabbit blog very much. You say on the first paragraph that the New Towns inhabitants wouldn’t have to commute; and that the NTs failed to attract business. Were those New Towns really planned to be urban areas with office, retail and residence? How did they work with the zoning in an nearby those NT?

I can’t say for all, but I live in Shiki New Town near Yanasegawa Station. One of the selling points I remember from the condo’s pamphlet is the relatively fast trip to Ikebukuro.

Thank you for the interesting articles!

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