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Re:Japan's 18-year-olds at record-low 1.06 million by ImAnAmateur on Monday January 01, 2024 @10:46AM (#38832600)
I don't see it, in the United States, as being that severe. The housing and economic squeeze is going to change the locations that people live and may change the ways in which people live together, but I don't expect it to become a wound so long as the corrective curve is round. I expect new laws which are likely to act as a pressure valve towards this issue.

If something cannot continue forever, then it won't. Population decrease may be inevitable and if so then handling it with less panic is smart.

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Re:Japan's 18-year-olds at record-low 1.06 million by kthejoker2 on Monday January 01, 2024 @11:52AM (#38833164)
Define "severe"

https://econofact.org/the-mystery-of-the-declining-u-s-birth...

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Re:Japan's 18-year-olds at record-low 1.06 million by somewhereoutth on Monday January 01, 2024 @10:59AM (#38832731)
I haven't checked the stats, but I believe the US population growth is supported by mass immigration? The US system works well for immigration, as it gives (or purports to give) opportunities to do well, while spending few resources looking after those that fail.
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