Recent discussions, including criticisms of YIMBYs for their techno-utopian, anti-natalist vibes, highlight a correlation between population density and fertility rates, suggesting a trend where urbanization might be contributing to lower birth rates. This phenomenon, often referred to as the 'Sex in the City effect,' indicates that as people, especially women under 25, move to major cities, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) tends to drop. @PTBwrites and others argue that this trend is influenced by promoting lifestyles that discourage reproduction. Furthermore, an article from 2023 notes that South Korea, with the lowest fertility rate globally, exemplifies this trend, with predictions that soon one out of every two women in Seoul will never become a parent, highlighting concerns about societal sustainability and the reluctance among young ladies to start families.
The path to extinction: "It is far from normative for a society to raise such a large percentage of young ladies (who are the gatekeepers for sexual selection and procreation) who do not want to start families." https://t.co/LpCPtwfhgs
South Korea’s fertility rate is the lowest in the world. If trends continue, @annalouiesuss wrote in 2023, “it will not be long before one out of every two women” in Seoul “never becomes a parent.” What’s going on? https://t.co/nRmnD9wBJ6
Well, @PTBwrites sounds like you're making a pretty eloquent (multivariate) case for why TFR drops when people move to major cities. It's intuitively obvious. Everyone is aware of the 'Sex in the City effect'. No idea why pro-family people are promoting urban pod construction. https://t.co/kOgWB9Vm4w
A lot of women under 25 fail to consider that worrying about “ceasing to be goody” with age is a concern born of being high in neuroticism, a trait which makes them unlikely to be goofy to begin with https://t.co/v4anW4Sjxy
Very interesting. Population density is negatively correlated with fertility. If you vaguely sensed creepy techno-utopian anti-natalist vibes from the YIMBYs your intuition was correct. They really do want you to live in the pod and not reproduce. 👶🚫 https://t.co/qfgldfMEjm