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47 sats \ 4 replies \ @oliverweiss 3 Aug \ on: Stark drop in % of 30 year olds who are both Married and Homeowners charts_and_numbers
Nobody can afford to settle down.

This is something I don’t really understand. Why would anyone need to own a property, a house, whatever, to settle down?

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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @gmd OP 3 Aug

Feeling of insecurity? Harder to have kids in a 1 bedroom apartment.

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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @oliverweiss 4 Aug

In (western) Europe renting residential properties is quite common, relatively wildly available, and is considered a relatively secure form of housing. This sounds like an excuse to me.

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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 2 Sep

especially if you are an undocumented migrant who gets everything paid for by the state

Freeloaders of the world unite!

God bless Allah and Mohammed

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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @krispy_donkey 4 Aug

An excuse for what? Western Europe is probably the best place in the world to be a renter, certainly renters in Australia for example, live a much less predictable home life.

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