After 4 years in Japan, I realised that one of the things I constantly complain about is the architecture of houses and apartement blocks. Apparently Japanese people don't really care about it as I have never heard anyone complain about it, nor feel empathy when I raised the issue (contrarily to other subjects where some people do agree that it could be better). So I came to wonder "How important is it for people around the world to have a beautiful house, live in a beautiful neighbourhood or just a beautiful city or region ?"
Here are a few questions to rank everyone's opinion on the importance of a few basic criteria to select a home. Please rank them in order of importance for you like this :
1) Essential
2) Very important
3) Important
4) A bit important
5) Not so important
A) Proximity of shops and conveniences (supermarket, post office, bank, pharmacy, etc.)
B) Good public transports (numerous, practical, reliable, good quality...)
C) Weather of that region (= how sensitive are you too rain, cold, low pressure, heat, humidity...)
D) Beauty of your own house
E) Beauty of the neighbourhood
F) Beauty of the whole city or region
G) Size of the house/apartment (= can you live in limited space or do you need a villa ?)
H) Greenery (= do you need a garden/backyard in your house or a park, fields or forest around ?)
I) Scenery (= do you need a house on top of a hill, or with a view on the sea, a river or a park ?)
J) Luminosity of the house (= do you mind having taller building stealing your light ?)
K) Safety of the area (= do you mind gangs, thiefs, drunkards, etc. in your area ?)
L) Quality of the neighbours (= do you mind noisy, inquisitive or "difficult" neighbours ?)
A) 2
B) 2
C) 2
D) 2
E) 2
F) 3
G) 4
H) 4
I) 5
J) 5
K) 1
L) 3
Here are a few questions to rank everyone's opinion on the importance of a few basic criteria to select a home. Please rank them in order of importance for you like this :
1) Essential
2) Very important
3) Important
4) A bit important
5) Not so important
A) Proximity of shops and conveniences (supermarket, post office, bank, pharmacy, etc.)
B) Good public transports (numerous, practical, reliable, good quality...)
C) Weather of that region (= how sensitive are you too rain, cold, low pressure, heat, humidity...)
D) Beauty of your own house
E) Beauty of the neighbourhood
F) Beauty of the whole city or region
G) Size of the house/apartment (= can you live in limited space or do you need a villa ?)
H) Greenery (= do you need a garden/backyard in your house or a park, fields or forest around ?)
I) Scenery (= do you need a house on top of a hill, or with a view on the sea, a river or a park ?)
J) Luminosity of the house (= do you mind having taller building stealing your light ?)
K) Safety of the area (= do you mind gangs, thiefs, drunkards, etc. in your area ?)
L) Quality of the neighbours (= do you mind noisy, inquisitive or "difficult" neighbours ?)
A) 2
B) 2
C) 2
D) 2
E) 2
F) 3
G) 4
H) 4
I) 5
J) 5
K) 1
L) 3
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