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The challenge is allowing communities to grow. You have or want kids, which means that, without imparting a value judgment, you've contributed to some increase
by nrr 4y ago
The challenge is allowing communities to grow. You have or want kids, which means that, without imparting a value judgment, you've contributed to some increase in the population. Likewise, your neighbors surely have had kids of their own, or they're planning to, which means that they're similarly contributing to population growth.
All of this means that there will need to be more places to live.
My question is: Where will your kids and your neighbors' kids live? As you advance in age, how does this play out when you'll want (or perhaps even need) them nearby to help? If/when your kids move away, will they be able to afford to move back?
It's probably best that you don't have the answers to those right now, but they're worth thinking about in a climate where the law of supply matters more.
- doktorhladnjak 4y agoAs is always the answer in these sort of discussions, "somewhere else" or "not in my backyard"
- tharne 4y agoThe birth rate in most developed countries is below replacement and only decreasing, so this argument doesn't really hold much weight. It may have in the 1980's but times have changed.
- nrr 4y agoForgive me. I'm unsure what this has to do with the fact that you, your wife, and n kids makes n+2 people. Is that not population growth?