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Re:Approaching Peak Housing Dysfunction in California by nostrademons on Thursday July 25, 2019 @05:21PM (#20529865)
Only if they want a first-world lifestyle, though.

Cut out meat, suburban lawns, and the cars that go with them, and the earth could support 10B people right now, at the living standards of a typical Millenial in a cosmopolitan metropolis.

Unfortunately, there's pretty good indications that most people on earth want those meats, suburban lawns, and cars, so I think it's more likely we'll get war instead. But it's totally doable, at a standard of living that people will grumble at but could abide.

Re:Approaching Peak Housing Dysfunction in California by CydeWeys on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:02PM (#20532013)
Viable meat replacements are right around the corner. I don't think this is a blocker.
Re:Approaching Peak Housing Dysfunction in California by MiroF on Friday July 26, 2019 @10:56AM (#20535249)
> meats, suburban lawns, and cars

Can I opt out of the coming war if I don't want these things?

Re:Approaching Peak Housing Dysfunction in California by nostrademons on Friday July 26, 2019 @01:53PM (#20536759)
If you can get enough of your like-minded friends to settle an area that doesn't have many of the desirable resources that'll be fought over (water, fertile land, nice climate) and doesn't have many people who do want those things, probably. Just be Switzerland.