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Re:To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking ... by buscoquadnary on Thursday January 13, 2022 @12:29PM (#29923686)
I applaud your efforts my friend, part of our problem is we've never lived anywhere with good public transit. I will also just throw out the world changes quite dramatically from 2 kids to 3 kids, once those little buggers outnumber you things get a lot more exciting in parenting.
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Re:To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking ... by toomuchtodo on Thursday January 13, 2022 @12:57PM (#29924120)
I don’t fault folks who have three kids, but with fertility rates plummeting, it’s not something that should be optimized for. Families are getting smaller over time.
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Re:To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking ... by dudzik on Thursday January 13, 2022 @03:54PM (#29926702)
The question is if families are getting smaller because parents don’t want more kids or because of regulation[0]. Maybe requiring people to have smaller cars or use public transport would further cut the birth rate.

I’m only half-serious. I know there is good reason for public transport or having smaller cars in urban environments.

0: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3665046

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Re:To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking ... by Joeri on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:40PM (#29928003)
Generally the deciding factor has been birth control. The more birth control is available and accepted as a choice, the more women choose to postpone their first child, which automatically leads to having fewer children.
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Re:To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking ... by Karrot_Kream on Thursday January 13, 2022 @04:10PM (#29926911)
> Maybe requiring people to have smaller cars or use public transport would further cut the birth rate.

This should be easy enough to test by comparing against cohorts in Europe and Asia.

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Re:To stop building heat islands, stop overbuilding parking ... by kiliancs on Thursday January 13, 2022 @04:56PM (#29927451)
Fertility rates plummeting is not necessarily a good thing in the long run, so maybe having kids should be incentivized.
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