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by saiya-jin 1007 days ago
Till they decide to have kids, or some privacy. I know having kids is not en vogue like it used to be, but still plenty of folks want and will want them, plus you cant erase biological needs of women that easily.
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> but still plenty of folks want and will want them

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37383877

https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rates/

https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2014/02/World-population-...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37300184

> plus you cant erase biological needs of women that easily.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37325120 ("How South Korea’s birth rate dropped below Japan’s")

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34992144 ("Japan births fall to record low as population crisis deepens")

Multigenerational households make having kids easier. People do it in the rest of the world—the aversion to it is a distinctly Northern European thing.
And that has been the norm relativly not long ago. just over 100-150 years ago multigeneration homes were the norm.