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[–] 126 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Declining birth rates and house prices dropping are both things the media love to make out are terrible things.

And they just aren't.

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  • [–] 18 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I suppose house prices dropping are pretty terrible if you see your house only as an investment, instead of a roof over your head. I know people who would be fucked in their retirement if they house price falls, because they've gambled on their house price climbing enough to carry them through retirement.

    I hope they get hurt though. Treating housing as an investment that needs to turn a profit, while people are living on the streets is fucking insane.

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