----- Original Message ----- From: Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:53 AM Subject: Japan vs. US
> > One basic fact of life when I got to Japan was that most Japanese of all
> > walks of life just travel around their country far more than Americans
do.
>
> Maybe that's because the longest distance from Tokyo anywhere
> is about 500 miles?
>
Don't they have great, CHEAP public transport. That's what a friend who stayed in Tokyo a few weeks told me.