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>I think the real answer is that now people are faced with the choice and many are simply choosing not to. It's not like they're choosing no in a vacuum. The p
by ProfessorLayton 2y ago
>I think the real answer is that now people are faced with the choice and many are simply choosing not to.
It's not like they're choosing no in a vacuum. The price of housing bleeds into everything else being expensive too, especially in HCOL areas. Childcare is incredibly expensive, and in many cases it makes more sense for one of the parents to not work than to pay for it. That of course makes the calculus of having a child more complicated, let alone more than one.
- theendisney 2y agoSome 30-40 years ago there use to be stores here in the netherlands ran by old people who owned the building and the inventory. They live on the first floor. Almost no bills to pay. On a slow day they would sell 1 puzzle and 2 postcards. This was enough to buy food. I remember one that had motion detection lamps. If no one was in the store for 3 minutes the lights went off. In 2024 the new owner pays some 7-9000 per month and atleast 1000 worth of other bills. They also "own" a modest home that costs [say] 1500+600 and have some employees who also live in expensive houses. Shopping there is unsurprisingly expensive. Politics is artifically limiting construction and we all became the slaves of the owner class.