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Yes, this is why the "it's immigration" comments are incredibly naive. Immigration is trying to prop up this system.
by Ensorceled 3y ago
Yes, this is why the "it's immigration" comments are incredibly naive. Immigration is trying to prop up this system.
- betaby 3y agoDoesn't seem to work in Canada.
- Ensorceled 3y agoDidn't say it's working :-/ Canada has two major problems with immigration right now: 1) the rapid increase in numbers is a shock that the immigration systems (including immigrant community resources) can't handle, that shock is exacerbating the housing crisis (and health care crisis and ...) 2) the family reunification program defeats one of the major purposes of immigration, increase the ratio of working age citizens to elderly citizens. I say this as someone who has traditionally been pretty gung ho about immigration.
- username_my1 3y agoNo way immigration doesn't help, I see this in germany help so many startups enter the market and build successful businesses that drive the economy. The problem is that it's not a solution, the solution is to constantly push against inequility and increase social mobility while investing in productive industries (less housing speculations more manufacturing). those are tough bills to swallow and they will lead any elected goverment out of the office, because strong shifts to an economy like this come with a lot of short term pain. and no one is willing to setdown and deal with 10 years of poor economy so that the future of the country is better.
- Ensorceled 3y ago> No way immigration doesn't help Traditionally, it has been helping. It's not been helping for a couple of years now. > strong shifts to an economy like this come with a lot of short term pain. and no one is willing to setdown and deal with 10 years of poor economy so that the future of the country is better. This is the problem in a nutshell, we need to make changes and we can't stomach it politically.
- landoftheice 3y ago[dead]
- TjZkxkxeky 3y agoIs that why Japan's elderly are all homeless?
- mensetmanusman 3y agoJapan has an over-abundance of housing.
- tomjakubowski 3y agoGiven the declining population predicted by OP, US housing stock will also grow in abundance by the time young people hit retirement age.
- csomar 3y agoThat's interesting given that land is very scarce in Japan. Suddenly, they decided to all squeeze together, make it clean and also be patient with one another. Something tells me this is about societal culture more than anything else.
- thehappypm 3y agoImmigration also makes housing scarcer, and housing is the biggest CoL problem.