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If you really want to have children but are worried about climate change and cost - may I suggest you look moving to norhern europe. The region will survive mo

by fsloth 3y ago

If you really want to have children but are worried about climate change and cost - may I suggest you look moving to norhern europe. The region will survive most predicted outcomes and childcare is heavily state subsidized. That is if you would love to have a family but can’t for the stated reasons. It’s totally fine not to want children as personal choice without any rationalization as well!

neom 3y ago
It's slightly more than I explained. My wife worked her way up from a rural farming town here in Korea, basically taught herself English (and 18th century English), went to the states and got her PhD in American History (something she worked 2 jobs to do + we have debt) and became one of the few Korean born American History professors in the country. We'd both really like to stay in Korea, and we'd like to have kids, but these things seem at odds in SK these days, maybe things will change for us, maybe we'll move one day, we'll see. As it stands today, caring for aging parents on both sides, giving our kids a better life than ours, seems... challenging. (Thanks for the positive and helpful comment, btw :)
kjkjadksj 3y ago
It would be better to move to the midwestern US honestly. Housing and childcare is super affordable out there and wages will probably still work out better than in europe. I expect when shit hits the fan you’d rather be in wisconson with american citizenship than on the proverbial maginot line. Civilians don’t often fare well in european continental conflicts.
- fsloth 3y ago
  Yes! And No! Yes: US will continue being an economic powerhouse, and a very rare geopolitical entity that can source all of it’s inputs and can grow it’s own food. I would definitely think about really hard moving my family to US if our kids were 10 years younger mainly because I’ve realised how it geopolitically speaking outclasses anyplace else on earth. No: Please do better research. Civilian population in North Europe will do quite well compared to planetary alternatives. Yes: But safety wise US still wins if one is worried of foreign invasion.
  - pixl97 3y ago
    Lets add a No: to that safety group. No: As an immigrant you may run into safety issues from the current residents that live in the midwest. Add potential government instability and loss of democratic freedoms, and it starts swinging the balance back over to northern Europe.

by fsloth 3y ago

neom 3y ago

It's slightly more than I explained. My wife worked her way up from a rural farming town here in Korea, basically taught herself English (and 18th century English), went to the states and got her PhD in American History (something she worked 2 jobs to do + we have debt) and became one of the few Korean born American History professors in the country. We'd both really like to stay in Korea, and we'd like to have kids, but these things seem at odds in SK these days, maybe things will change for us, maybe we'll move one day, we'll see. As it stands today, caring for aging parents on both sides, giving our kids a better life than ours, seems... challenging. (Thanks for the positive and helpful comment, btw :)

kjkjadksj 3y ago

It would be better to move to the midwestern US honestly. Housing and childcare is super affordable out there and wages will probably still work out better than in europe. I expect when shit hits the fan you’d rather be in wisconson with american citizenship than on the proverbial maginot line. Civilians don’t often fare well in european continental conflicts.

fsloth 3y ago
Yes! And No! Yes: US will continue being an economic powerhouse, and a very rare geopolitical entity that can source all of it’s inputs and can grow it’s own food. I would definitely think about really hard moving my family to US if our kids were 10 years younger mainly because I’ve realised how it geopolitically speaking outclasses anyplace else on earth. No: Please do better research. Civilian population in North Europe will do quite well compared to planetary alternatives. Yes: But safety wise US still wins if one is worried of foreign invasion.
- pixl97 3y ago
  Lets add a No: to that safety group. No: As an immigrant you may run into safety issues from the current residents that live in the midwest. Add potential government instability and loss of democratic freedoms, and it starts swinging the balance back over to northern Europe.