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MidoriHime77
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Yeah, that’s pretty spot on. Old is not necessarily bad or boring, but a lot of the marketing done isn’t done appropriately for young people, because it’s advertising done by old people for old tastes. There is some of that. A lot of kids are kinda resigned to just fitting in to the family business or getting a local job rather than doing what they want. Partly because parents generally pay for tuition, so if they say no, that’s it. Also, most kids have never travelled outside of our prefecture, maybe a school trip to Osaka or Hiroshima once, so city life is a little spooky and too far out of their imagination. A lot of it is parents/old people being stubborn and refusing to look at modern life without judgement (it’s too American/western, it’s unnecessary, it costs too much, we don’t need change etc). My town isn’t super small, but in small places I’d imagine it’s the same. I also don’t get involved in a lot of community activities. Partly because some don’t allow females (ie most shrine related festivals) or already have strong communities so you can’t enter without knowing someone. Other times, whoever shows up to the event is just old grannies and I’d rather talk to someone from a closer decade ;p Interestingly, my city has an announcement system. Mostly it’s used for things like ‘there’s a seriously bad storm stay instead unless you HAVE to go somewhere’, but occasionally (like 9pm last night) it’s used for missing person alerts. Not the same type of community feel, but it’s not something you’d get in Tokyo either. I can’t live here much longer (and I know the other foreigners feel the same) purely because there’s nothing to do and our interests are elsewhere. With the rise of the internet, I suspect this is much case for young people, while they’re parents aren’t really exposed to it and thus don’t see why their kids want to move. I don't know if I agree with Ioka, at least for Japan. Japan is mostly made of Japanese, so racism in the countryside is only a thing against foreigners, so it's not a reason for Japanese kids to leave, same as xenophobia. Unless, they're half, or very socially aware and it bugs them. Same as religiosity. So I'll assume those are all meant for an American setting. Homophobia is an interesting one. One of my schools actually has LGBT ally stuff in a busy area, so I think some areas are trying to educate the kids that it's okay. I think this is part of an overall program to stop bullying, but it's a start. |
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