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Re:The New Population Bomb by pharke on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:32PM (#28635758)
That doesn't seem to be true in Japan yet. Housing and land are relatively affordable and yet they maintain very low birth rates and most people choose to live in large urban areas instead of the country. What would be different about the West?
Re:The New Population Bomb by Factorium on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:41PM (#28635882)
Japan's population peaked in 2009 at 128.5million:

https://www.populationpyramid.net/japan/2009/

And in 2021 its only 2% lower than that.

2009 fertility rate: 1.37

Today: 1.42

So, it is improving.