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Housing:
Housing in Nagoya works differently between the urban and rural areas. Urban residents that live in the central business district or downtown area of Nagoya usually struggle to accustom to small apartments, due to the high populations of city currently. The apartments usually have 2 bedrooms and is cramped to move around freely, doesn’t have enough space to add too much furniture. However, the commute to work is usually very easy because the urban residents typically live close to the transit system stations.
Suburban residents on the contrary to urban residents, have much more space where property land can stretch out a lot, based on the amount of income the household has. The suburban area houses usually have multiple bedrooms, multiple bathrooms, kitchens, and much more. The city has planned to create high-rise apartment buildings in the central part of the city and large housing projects on the outskirts or suburban areas of the city. Over the years, many buildings, especially houses, are still constructed of wood and still standing to this day. After World War II, the reconstruction of Nagoya was regarded as a model of urban planning. Property Values Rising:For the first time in six years, land prices in Japan’s largest cities have increased, including Nagoya, Tokyo, and Osaka. However, other areas continue to decline in an uneven growth of the real estate industry. Recent months show positive movement in the upscale Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, and the areas near Toyota Motor Corp., and central train station in the heart of Nagoya. Improvement in transportation such as plans of setting up a Shinkansen bullet-train service by 2015 attracted more interest in the region. While the property prices increased by 0.7% in the three major cities, a low 0.6% was registered for other provinces and locations in 2013.
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Transportation:
In Nagoya and the surrounding region, transportation plays a huge role in the daily life of citizens commute as the industrialism in the city continues to prosper. Nagoya is one of the best-planned and perfected cities in Japan, due to the maneuverable network of streets and boulevards for traffic and fire control to get through traffic with ease. Surprisingly, the city is shaped into a rectangular grid pattern because of all the work that has been done on the multiple highways surrounding the city and inner city streets. In the 1960's, a subway system was created that connected Nagoya to neighboring cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. The train service provided citizens with an easier commute to the neighboring cities to go for work or other reasons. Over the years, that subway system has flourished, now in the process of creating a 25 km tunnel that will cut the time to travel between Nagoya and Tokyo from up to 3 hours just to 40 minutes. The high speed bullet train line will run through the Southern Japanese Alps, traveling at speeds up to 505 km/h on the long 286 km route.
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