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[nawlinsgurl]

Right now in Hayama. Love it, near the beach, cool shops and restaurants. 20 mins flat by car to my job. New apt a bit pricey but includes parking and internet. Kamakura and Zushi are a quick drive away too. So I'm happy.

Bf lives in Yokohama. I love Yokohama, tons of shops, restaurants, things to do. No beach and very crowded. Parking is killer. I love my car. 28 mins by train to work. That sucks, but I'm taking a Japanese class there once a week so I could up my classes to more, if I move there...I could move into a smaller place and maybe save money on gas by using the train. I would be in a bigger city and further away from the nuisance of the Navy Base and my ex who works there.

Or I could chill here, with no train station in sight, catch the bus or drive when I need to go somewhere and enjoy the beach that's 5 mins from my house. Ignore the base and all involved with it and always just travel to Yokohama...What would you do?

[Angelfish]

There's nowhere halfway between the two that would satisfy most of those needs? (Sorry, I only vaguely know the area you're talking about )

[Tiger Beer]

[markle]

Wait and see what happens next month. Things usually have a way of making themselves clearer that way.

[Quibby84]

A apt near the beach sounds really cool....
Yokohama is cool near the ocean..but there are parts of Yokohama that is pretty scary...I dont know if I would want to live there. BUT your boyfriend is there...it would be hard to live far from your boyfriend...why doesnt he move near you??
Anyways...that doesnt help you much does it?

[Andru]

[Apsara]

I would like to know too. I lived in Yokohama for 2 and a half years, in one of the less lovely areas (between an expressway and 2 very busy roads), but it was far from scary. Which part of Yokohama did you visit, Quibby, and what was scary about it? Even in Tokyo I'm hard put to think of anywhere scary.

[madeira]

The area around Hinodecho, maybe?

[Quibby84]

There are two (at least two) train stations in Yokohama, one is right near China town and the other is in the "ghetto". During spring holiday all hostels were full except one near that station. But what we didnt know is that the hostels were mostly used as apartments for people with no money. During the day (and night) there were drunks EVERYWHERE. I didnt feel unsafe, just felt dirty and gross. At 11 am one day this REALLY drunk man walked past us yelling "GAIJIN! GAIJIN!" and started kicking over traffic cones. We just smiled at him and he said he was sorry but kept kicking the cones over. We talked to the hostel owner and she said that at one point this area of Yokohama was very successful, but when the economy changed these men became drunks and their wife and family left them.
Its a pretty crazy place, but I guess unless you lived near you would never have reason to know it existed...

[fluxis]

Last summer I spent six weeks living right next to Hinodecho station, and I didn't have any problems with feeling unsafe. There was an incident that I and several of my fellow students had with a drunk salaryman late at night at a pizza place along the main street in that area leading to Sakuragicho, but we told him to go away and the pizza staff also told him to leave us alone. He was too drunk to stand up straight much less pose a threat.
Apparently he thought a couple of us were hostesses because of the types of shirts we were wearing. (We had just come back from an end of session party.)

[Apsara]

There are a lot more than two train stations in Yokohama, but I think you might be thinking of the area between Yokohama station and Motomachi, Quibby. Hinodecho, Isesakicho or Kannai station areas perhaps.

[Quibby84]

It was Isesakicho.

[Andru]

[Quibby84]

Sorry...Its Ishikawacho...I knew it started with an I.
Yeah..nothing like the ghetto area in American but worse than a normal Japanese town...I didnt feel like my life was in danger but it was stinky and gross so I felt uncomfortable...