The problem isn't that they are shrinking, its the after-effects of shrinking and what it entails. - The population shrinks but density in the cities still inc

The problem isn't that they are shrinking, its the after-effects of shrinking and what it entails. - The population shrinks but density in the cities still increases -> decreased land utilisation/abandoned villages. - Decreasing birth rate -> inverted population cone/less taxes and more high cost individuals (old people with health problems and no income)