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Re:What's Behind the Sharp Drop in Labor Force Participation? by inigyou on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @06:36PM (#49176206)
There are people for whom conservative living is 12 people in a 1-bedroom flat. Should we aim for that? Is the economy good if most people don't have to live that way yet?
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Re:What's Behind the Sharp Drop in Labor Force Participation? by redwood on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @09:21AM (#49182527)
I suspect that Americans have the highest amount of square footage per resident of any major developed country. What we should strive for is debatable but it's important to keep things in perspective rather than imagine that our mcmansion standard is the middle of room
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