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Malthusian conditions keep me up at night. Most countries birth rate falls off as they become more developed. There’s estimates that the world population will
by BreakfastB0b 5y ago
Malthusian conditions keep me up at night.
Most countries birth rate falls off as they become more developed. There’s estimates that the world population will stabilise around 11 billion. I don’t think there’s any theoretical reason why high quality affordable high density housing is impossible.
- nostrademons 5y agoIt won't be SFHs though, and it remains to be seen whether Americans will accept that without conflict. A condo/apartment future is actually pretty likely, and achievable. NYC and most of the non-US world went that way in the 50s, and a lot of Silicon Valley cities (which were previously all suburban sprawl) have been constructing those 4-over-1 condos like crazy over the last 10 years. Even notoriously anti-development SF Peninsula cities have gotten in on it. But that's largely not where the real estate feeding frenzy is - condo prices are up, but nowhere near as much as SFHs. Turns out a large proportion of Millennials still want a detached house with a yard in a good school district, the same thing that the past several generations wanted, but that dream is increasingly unrealistic.