Having lived in big cities for decades, I can understand the attraction, especially for singletons. I can't speak about the Japanese cultural factors; but I think there are two other factors which may reinforce the decline in migration to the cities: firstly, the possibility for those with office jobs to work from home these days. Just avoiding the rush hours trains would make it worthwhile, wouldn't it? The second factor, in my opinion, will be the growing understanding of the harmful effects on health of EMF radiation from wi-fi and cell towers, especially 5G millimeter-waves. I think people will realize that they need to get away from the concentrated and toxic EMF soup in which city-dwellers live. The more rural, the easier.

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