Re:The Middle Child Is Going Extinct
by Fnoord on Monday July 16, 2018 @03:50AM
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Hong Kong's density is an excellent example of how it could look. For America though, there's enough room but for certain metropoles throughout the world as well as The Netherlands... no, they're pretty much full.
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The Netherlands doesn't feel very full compared to many huge metropoles though. I mean I'd prefer the population size to stay the way it is, but I don't think it's close to some theoretical limit at all.
Not compared to Hong Kong, of course. There's still some rural areas, farms, etc. The cities are full though, unless you are OK going vertically or buying (read: stealing) land from the peasants.
For reference see population density statistics here [1]
Either way, the housing market is troubled in The Netherlands. It has been the past decennia.