Adachi

Adachi Ward is the "worker's ward." Adachi has Tokyo's 23 wards' lowest rent. Average rent is 90,000-100,000 yen per month. Adachi is a ward where people seeking "affordable housing" live. Adachi's population is about 690,000. Population density is 13,000 people per km². Many Adachi residents are working class. Manufacturing, construction, service industries. Adachi has many Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino residents. Foreign residents are about 32,000 (3rd after Shinjuku, Edogawa). Adachi is a "diverse workers' city." For Adachi residents, "cars" are unnecessary. Tokyo's car ownership rate is 0.32 cars per household. Adachi is similar. Why? Trains are convenient. No parking. Parking fees are expensive. For Adachi residents, can't afford to "own a car." Many Adachi residents are low-income. Cars are luxury items. Adachi is historically known as a "low-income town." Adachi residents struggle with this image. But reality doesn't change. Adachi residents work "to survive." Not "to enjoy." The "leisure culture" called motorsport is far from Adachi residents' lives. Adachi has no circuit. Nearest is Tsukuba Circuit (Ibaraki Prefecture, about 50km). For Adachi residents, motorsport is "rich people's sport." Not their sport. Adachi residents live in Tokyo's ward with the lowest rent. Busy just surviving. Can't afford to enjoy the "luxury culture" called motorsport.