Casual Conversation

Jobs are scarce here in the countryside. There aren't a lot of us who work for companies that allow fully remote work, so I'm lucky there (which allows me to run a vegetable farm business as well). There's a lot more space. People are generally nicer and a bit more open, though racists are everywhere in the world. Small-town bullshit exists everywhere as well and, especially if one looks different, everyone will know their business. For families, there are often many daycare spots open which is a HUGE problem in Tokyo. We need cars almost everywhere out here to do much of anything. Our train line, elevated after the 2011 tsunamis, can be shut down with high winds so people who do work in the cities need to drive fully on those days. Rural is cheaper and slower as well, though that price difference isn't as big as it used to be with nationwide inflation and price increases that were put off for literal decades in some cases all hitting at once with wages not keeping pace.