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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by niemandhier on Friday September 02, 2022 @02:47AM (#32687399)
My observation is, that it is about child care.

Guarantee all parents affordable child care close to their work or home and many people settling for one kid will have two.

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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by dagw on Friday September 02, 2022 @05:50AM (#32688763)
Guarantee all parents affordable child care close to their work or home

Sweden has that (and generous parental leave policies) and still has both low and declining birth rates.

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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday September 03, 2022 @03:32AM (#32699609)
Sweden also has very expensive CoL/housing.
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