Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate

Re:Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertilit... by Beached on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @10:24PM (#32588664)

buying your own place gives you permanence you can plan around. you know where you will live, you know where your kids will go to school, you know your neighbors and neighborhood your kids will grow up in, and probably most important, you know how much it will cost each month, and you won't get thrown out on your butt because land lord wants to liquidate or have nephew Timmy live there next year.

this type of stability is an important factor for family planning

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Re:Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertilit... by SilasX on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @10:34PM (#32588735)

So renters in Korea actually have to move a lot, and the awareness of this dynamic actually matters in practice, or you're just assuming that much because that's how America works?

Edit: Don't mean to come down hard, it's just that in the kinds of topics I often see people casually assume certain things are "obviously" important for starting families, which it turns out other first-world countries do without just fine.

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