[jonplackett]

Came here to say this - I live in London and see many a fellow parent struggling to even have space for the kids they already have (or soon will have). Trying hastily bolt on a loft extension - if they can afford that.

Meanwhile landlords are reaping in INSANE rents from anyone who didn’t manage to buy back when that was at least a realistic dream.

People are people. The urge to have kids is incredibly strong. But if you are living in a tiny flat earning no money then it’s going to at the least be strongly suppressed.

Parents are getting _older_ as well as fewer so that should give an indication of what’s going on here.

No-one is in a financial position to have a baby in their 20s anymore, and by the time you’re in your 30s it’s biologically already harder to have a baby.

[pydry]

Nail on the head.

For people who have certainty of access to future resources and plenty of living space I'm pretty sure the urge to reproduce isnt repressed.

London reminds me of this rat experiment: https://gizmodo.com/how-rats-turned-their-private-paradise-i...

[1letterunixname]

Housing prices in London, SF, NYC, and most major cities are insane and unsustainable for all but the very rich. The average person should move and live anywhere else where they can afford it.

The US has wide open country areas for cheap.

I think too often people clamor to a lifestyle they can't afford and make believe it will magically workout.