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Analysis | Millennials aren’t having kids. Here are the reasons why. (www.washingtonpost.com)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kids are cute but if you haven't thought about how your precious baby is gonna afford rent in 18 years which will probably be like $5K/mo for a sleep pod, then you're a sadistic asshole.

I feel absolute dread every time I see a small kid or a pregnant woman. That kid doesn't deserve the shithole they're getting into.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

$5K/mo for a sleep pod

The sleep pod.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure it will get that bad. Although, after accounting for inflation, you may not be far off on the price of such a "palace".

I strongly suspect that we are at the start of a "rebalancing" here in the US. We are starting to see it in the labor market. Fewer people seem to be heading for degrees that aren't paying and are opting instead for the trades. Which, while good for them, the nation and the states, is going to kinda suck for me in a few years as the job market I'm in becomes more and more saturated and I get older and older.