• curiousaur@reddthat.com
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    10 months ago

    I simply made it my criteria for having kids. If I don’t own a home large enough to raise a family, I’m not having kids. Simple.

    I honestly hate that others don’t just operate with basic competency.

    • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Trouble is that it’s almost like everything from home prices, food, education, time, healthcare, is stacked up against us and prevents people from all demographics from having children.

      Related to homes and places to live though. It’s almost impossible for individuals that want to start a family to find anything other than a single family home to live in. 3 or 4 bedroom apartments are nonexistent or priced substantially higher than a single family home and with that means moving out of a city center or town into a sprawling north america suburb.

      We need to make our cities more family friendly, we should encourage families to stay in cities as opposed to always commuting in from large distances. This means more options in housing as opposed to the current two options, apartment or single family home.

      COVID somewhat highlighted this when cities became ghost towns. No families that “held people in place” and thus no support for local businesses and shops.