[throwawaybbq1]

I would have gladly had more kids if I could have afforded a place to put them. Do you know what a 3 bed condo costs in Toronto? It is financial suicide.

[pcthrowaway]

Less than in Vancouver. I have no kids and will never have any. I couldn't afford them if I wanted them

[badpun]

In my parents generation in communist Poland, people had 2-3 children families in flats no bigger than 500-750 sqft. When there's a will, there's a way, and people just truy wanted to have children back then. While nowadays, it seems that there's always some excuse in the way.

[Glawen]

This. People lived more frugally, nearly never went on vacation, had very small cars.

Now it seems everything needs to be ready before having children: big house, big car, career.