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It looks like you live quite central. Is there a reason you want to move to Vega? There is a pendeltag station which is definitely convenient.

@LivingSwedish I live in an apartment now and want to experience the vila/rådhus. The price in Vega seems to be reasonable compared to Hägersten. Also the houses I'm looking are 5-10mins walking distance from the pentaltåg station. I'm only concerned about the frequency of the trains..

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I don't know what you wrote, but I'm not so sure that it was Uli who deleted your comment. My comment was also removed although it was about our pension systems, so I think it's the tube's algorithms that remove some comments. But I could be wrong.

Yeah, I've had random innocent comments being invisible on other channels - I think it's just weird youtube stuff, not necessarily anything the creator themselves are doing.

Hi there, I didn't remove any comments but it's possible it happened automatically. I'm happy to hear everyone's opinion!

Oh, what was your comment? I didn't see it, sorry!

Thanks for your comment! :)

What gang are you in? Since the gang violence is mainly a thing between gangs in the suburbs!

@@Mats_Larsson_64 I'm in the Kool Gang.

@@Mats_Larsson_64 The usual left-wing downplaying of Sweden's massive shift from being the most peaceful and civilized society ever to now rivaling Mexico in gun violence and bombings. These days, innocent people are regularly injured and killed by these scumbags. If you can't see the current state, you definitely can't understand how these gangs of almost exclusively immigrants destroying this country as they penetrate and exploit our authorities , police, law, etc.

@@Edward-bn2vw Hahahaha

It depends how you look at it. On one hand the gang violence is a huge problem for society. On the other hand Swedes don't feel fear. We feel mostly embarrisment. Even if media probably aint lying, they tend to angle it alot. Swedes only feel concern about the development and the politicians not having the tools to handle it. Civilians are sometimes affected by it or caught in the cross-fire - I mean it happens, but not on a scale that cause worry or fear on a collective level. Sure, there are areas in all the 3 biggest cities that I wouldnt recommend a tourist to visit - they would most likely be fine, but it's unessecary. I've had friends living in in such areas, and it's not that bad as they make it. During the 15 years I often traveled there there was never a time when I felt unsafe - there was only one real incident when there was a shooting at the local pub from two hitmen. But I wasnt there that day. I would say that the highest risk would perhaps be if you where to live neighbour with a gang-member and got affected by handgranades or other explosives - but that's like almost litterally 1 in a million, and you can just choose to live in a less segregated area and basically reduce that risk to zero. So I hope that the gang-violence wont affect your decision to move to Sweden ^^

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Oh, how interesting! What do you think about the education system in Japan?

​@@LivingSwedish Oh, it's quite amazing. We lived in Japan for 7 months in 2020, but then returned to Sweden to save up some money and sell off furniture so wee could move there permanently. Unfortunatly that was a lot harder than expected with first covid and then the inflation that we've been having and relatives falling ill and needing our help. But for the educational system - it's different from prefecture to prefecture, but where we lived, which was 2 subway stops from Kyoto station they have nursery schools and preschools, meaning they can even take care of your new born. Japan is very collective minded, but not in a tax for social services way, but in a member of a family type of way. The preschoolers in our kindergarten grew their own food and helped cook it and serve it. And not just the kids, but the entire staff too. At the end of the day everyone cleans the school, even the principal is on his knees scrubbing the floor. Nobody gets a pass, everyone has to pitch in. They would go on a fieldtrip at least once a week to see a temple, castle or a museum for example. Japan is very safe - Sweden has more crimes reported to thee Police than Japan. And that's with Japan having 120+ million people. And society i structured in a way to make it very safe for kids to go to school by themselves, meaning it's fairly common to see children as young as 5 year old going to preschool by themselves. They are taught humanist values, respect for eachother and their belongings, but also responsibility. A first grader in Japan is expected to be able to be able to take care of her/himself. I would say that school in general is a bit harder, and they get a lot of homework and assignments, they have after school activities like judo or volleyball, chess, ballet, english classes etc - some run by school staff. It gets very intense in 8:th and 9:th grade and onwards, when the kids then tend to study to pass exams rather than study to learn.

​@@LivingSwedish I will say that Japan has a bad reputation for racism and bullying, but there is a reason for that: First of all, one of the big global reports on racism that the UN does includes how many people from neighboring countries live in Japan...Japan borders North Korea, Russia & China. Countries that most of the west wants to stay very, very far away from. All 3 of them want to destroy Japan. And I know this is anecdotally, but I nver experienced racism during our 7 months. A friend of mine who has lived in Nagoya (2.3 million people) for 26 years has only experienced racism once, and that was 3 years ago from a very drunk Japanese person on a train. Bullying in school really only happens if you stick out. Ie, if you don't partake in the chores, or decide to sneak away and smoke a cigarette for example. The japanese have a saying - "the needle that sticks out gets hammered in", and schools have rules for length of hair, dying your hair, school uniforms, length of socks, etc, etc. It's strict, but teaches the kind of discipline that is almost guaranteed to lead to success in life. I hope you don't mind me giving some more background on my last post. It will make sense, I promise. In Sweden we contribute to the collective by paying taxes and getting social services and healthcare very cheap. And then on top of that you have a strong social pressure to embrace humanist values, and then culturally you have mentality of trust, not bragging about things like money or possessions. Japan is very collective minded, but in a very different way. As soon as we moved in we were treated as family by not just our neighbors, but the entire neighborhood. We were given vegetables, often invited to come and sit down and enjoy ice tea in the summer, got offers of babysitting if we wanted to see Kyoto by ourselves for a few hours, asked if we needed help in translating papers, asked if we needed help finding a job, etc, etc. Some of that might happen on the Swedish countryside, but this was in central Kyoto, a city larger Than Stockholm. BUT it also came with responsibilities, people on the ground floor would go out and sweep and clean the street in front of their shops every morning around 6 or 7 in the morning. That made you very conscious of not littering. There was a community board with notes of events that the entire neighborhood needed to participate in, like cleaning up plastic from a beach or participating in a parade (in specific clothes, learning a dance, etc) When this sort of mentality is drilled in, you get a society that is very different from Sweden. Japan has vending machines outside with alcohol and cigarettes in them, and yet there is no underage drinking/smoking. Tattoos are associated with criminals, so young people tend to avoid getting them. Drugs are close to non existent, but it is on the rise. (0,8% of all japanese have tried an illegal drug). Going to a rock festival, (Japan Jam Beach) everyone spreads out so that you have about 75 cm to thee next person so that everyone can move freely or dance without touching anyone else. At the same rock festival (where there were several beer vendors) there were 30 cm sticks in the sand with a ribbon attached to them saying "please do not go into the water", and nobody did. When you go on a train it is so quiet that you can hear a tissue falling. The streets are incredibly clean (except Osaka...there it's still good, but you can find trash in the street some times. Everything has upsides and downsides, but I think Japan is better than most (if not the best)

What used to work best in Sweden?

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I agree that this is a problem of today's time. It's up to us individuals and society to make a change again. I often think about my kids when they're older and I hope I can distill values in them, for example as you said 'real life experiences'. We're still a tablet/phone free household for the kids. I also read interesting studies about not using a phone or tablet until the kids are at least 12. It's definitely a difficult situation to be in.

I totally agree with you! 😊

Wow, that sounds like an interesting life! I can't wait to see the snow again this year 😅 But Portugal is an amazing destination!

Thank you! 🙏

You want to learn Swedish?

@@LivingSwedish yes pls

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