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[–] [email protected] 57 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Refrigerators that make way less noise than the ones we have here. Japanese more often live in small apartments so noise is a bigger nuisance. But, those refrigerators are ridiuclously expensive by our standards. I had been interested in buying one, oh well.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Japanese more often live in small apartments

Cries in NYC

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Another big difference is the apartments are actually very affordable. Two minimum wage earners could afford a ~~3~~ 2 bedroom apartment in 6 of the 23 wards in Tokyo.

EDIT: 2 bedroom, not 3.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah that's honestly insane.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You do realize a 3 bedroom appt is like 40-60m2 over here right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

40m^2 seems small. 60m^2 is 645 sq ft, so a bit smaller than we're used to, but not enough to make up the price difference.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

An average apartment in Tokyo is less than 200sq. ft, less than a third of New York's average apartment size of ~700sq. ft.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

When I looked into it a few years ago, I found that, contrary to the stereotype, Japanese homes are surprisingly big. Smaller than the US or Canada, which are some of the biggest in the world, but actually bigger than most of Europe.

The result of a quick search: the average Tokyo apartment is 65.9 sq m (710 sq ft). The modal apartment size is 19.7 sq meters (212 sq ft), so maybe that's what you're referring to. But that's only 21% of Tokyo apartments.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

How much is that in communist units?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

There are tons of silent and near-silent refrigerators in the US

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Got a url? Not the very inefficient ammonia type, or the Peltier type that won't freeze stuff. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Doesn't anyone check the dB an appliance makes? It's one of the first things I check, as I hate loud devices.