Okay main one – I saw a lot of comments on some older posts here suggesting that if you're a social person (I think I am), the worst thing you can do is live far out from downtown. But what if my workplace is out in Hachioji?
Then the question is balancing travel time to work vs travel time to downtown tokyo. I'm inclined to minimize my travel time to work as much as possible, because its 5 days a week and a constant of life. Is that a fair call?
2nd- opinions on social apartments/share houses seem to get really divisive here between 'they're grotty and gross, don't even consider it' or 'those were the best years of my life'.
I'm drawn to the social aspect and really nice common facilities in the medium-large ones, as well as putting off the financial hit of buying furniture and appliances.
If I do my due diligence to sus out their contracts, cleaning policies and view the premesis in person, will I be alright?
Ideally I'd like to go to a place that can do a 1-3 month trial period (share-place seems to support that) to experience it a bit first.
by Fuyu_dstrx