a good place to live / to live in

[tzfujimino]

Hello, everyone.
:-D
Today I have a question as to the usage of 'to+verb'.

Here is an excerpt from one of the textbooks (for Japanese junior high school students):

"Kagoshima is a good place to live."

I personally think it should be "Kagoshima is a good place to live in."

My ideas are as follows:

'live a good place' - incorrect
'live in a good place' - correct

'a good place' can't be an object of the verb 'live'. Therefore "in" is required there.

What do you think?

 

[5jj]

"Kagoshima is a good place to live."

'a good place' can't be an object of the verb 'live'. Therefore "in" is required there.

Your logic is fine, but we can say, "Kagoshima is a good place to live/work/be." We cannot, however, say, "Kagoshima is a good city to live/work/be."

I cannot at the moment think of a convincing way to explain this.

 

[Tdol]

Your version with in works too.