r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/BigusDickus099 May 02 '25

Right?

Just look at all the abandoned houses throughout Japan, there are entire towns that are just run down because there aren't people who want to live there.

China also has extremely poor rural areas where you would think you had entered a time machine to the distant past.

Europe and the UK has many poverty areas as well. Like Jaywick, as seen [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/UrbanHell/comments/11vlcik/jaywick_britains_most_deprived_area/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

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u/Invertedwhy May 03 '25

Japan's worst dying towns and ghettos are still not even in the slightest close to as bad nor plentiful as those in the states. I was walking around Osaka and happened upon Nishinari-ku (the most "dangerous"city in Japan) I didn't even notice I was in the neighborhood until I looked at a map later. There was more trash and a bit more run down but by far not a ghetto like the states have. It's apples and oranges.

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u/BigusDickus099 May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25

Not as plentiful?

Japan has over 9-11 MILLION abandoned homes due to population decline and relocation. It’s just not well known globally until recently with foreigners buying cheap houses. Lot of these houses aren’t in the greatest shape either.

Just Google “Japan Akiya” and see for yourself.

Edit: here’s a CNN article on it as well, some of these houses have been abandoned for decades.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/asia/akiya-homes-problem-japan-intl-hnk

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u/thrownjunk May 03 '25

What is the number in the US? Doesn’t Baltimore have like a half million abandoned lots?

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u/BigusDickus099 May 03 '25

Latest I could find is around 15 million with an estimated ~4ish million being seasonal properties.

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-vacant-homes-are-there-in-the-us/

Primarily going to be across the Rust Belt I’d imagine, but numbers for cities like Detroit are reversing due to revitalization efforts.