• rexxit@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sure, and so will slowing, stopping, and reversing anthropogenic climate change. Should we give up?

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      1 year ago

      My point is, it’s on a timescale that it isn’t useful to discuss as a solution to housing issues.

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        1 year ago

        How about this: housing in places with a shrinking population is relatively cheap and plentiful (math, right?). Developed countries could dial back immigration so that immigration + birth rate is below replacement. That solves overpopulation at the regional level.