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In a world with shrinking populations, the economy could face depression as demand for goods dwindles over time. What are the consequences of consistently lower demand?

@stats_feed in the short term, it’s an economic jolt, in the long term, it’s ghost towns.

New research in Nature Human Behaviour challenges the panic over low birth rates: Low fertility (well below 2.1 kids per woman) isn’t just here to stay - it could actually be GOOD for the economy. It says that in high-income countries, smaller populations may bring: 1. Higher living standards per person 2. Less pressure on resources & environment 3. Better economic opportunities Do you agree?

@marcportermagee Gen Alpha is quite small relative to other generations.

I don’t think people have fully absorbed just how big the declines in student enrollment are going to be. Eight states are projected to experience DOUBLE DIGIT declines by 2031.

"Women's fertility does not drop off rapidly after age 35. That's a myth caused by faulty data. The decline is earlier & more linear." It is really a scandal we don't tell women this. x.com/RuxandraTeslo/…

🚨 BREAKING: Incredible moment as Artemis II pilot Victor Glover shares the Gospel mere MOMENTS before reaching the back side of the Moon, losing communication with Earth "Christ said, in response to what was the greatest command, that it was to love God with all that you are." 🙏🏻 "And he also, being a great teacher, said the second is equal to it, and that is to love your neighbor as yourself." "And so, as we prepare to go out of radio communication, we're still going to feel your love from Earth, and to all of you down there on earth and around earth, we love you from the moon." ❤️

@Rainmaker1973 the earth is also moving

Artemis II is not just going "to the Moon," but rather traveling to meet it at an exact point in space. It’s all about orbital mechanics.

@WallStreetApes we didn’t build enough houses for the amount of people we have.

Charlie Kirk warned that if young people aren’t able to afford homes again, they will turn to socialist candidates and we will lose our country “So there's a race against the clock that's happening right now — which is, can we reorder the economic reality of under-30’s before dark political radicalization sets in” “It is harder than ever to own a home. We know this, but how much harder? Back when my parents had to go own a home, the price of a home — were on average about 3x the average income in America. They're now 7x the average income in America. Rents have gone up. Inflation adjusted from about $900 a month to now about $1,500 a month”

@JackOfFaces this is a pattern recognized by op, need to know op’s IQ

If your IQ is higher than 130, your pattern recognition is elite - never distrust it, even when ridiculous. If your IQ is between 100-120 - your pattern recognition is flawed. If it's ridiculous - never trust it. If your IQ is less than 100 - your pattern recognition basically doesn't exist - so only trust it when it's ridiculous.

@farzyness don’t forget the tesla roadster launched into space

OK this makes perfect sense.

@Dearme2_ I drink hot water with coffee flavor

Drink Hot water first thing this morning to: - flush toxins from your body - improve your digestive system - increase your energy levels - boost your immunity - reduce your weight - improve your metabolism - prevent kidney stones Do this everyday.

@BigolWave Chat GPT says add eggs, spinach, beans, and walnuts and that’s complete.

Fun fact a gallon of milk and a liter of oj a day gets you almost all of the micro and macro nutrients you need

@trixmasta @farzyness @elonmusk 🤔

@farzyness @elonmusk Put that $8k in Tesla stock instead, and pay the $99

I should also mention that the $99/month for supervised FSD will rise as FSD’s capabilities improve. The massive value jump is when you can be on your phone or sleeping for the entire ride (unsupervised FSD).

@elonmusk seems to offset the price of FSD 🤔

Insurance is half price when Tesla self-driving is activated, because it increases safety so much

@txsalth2o afternoon tea

Watching your hobbies change as you age is a trip. Picked up gardening out of nowhere. Got into humming birds. Now I’m mildly obsessed with antiques. What comes after antiques?

@RizomaSchool plagiarism

If men are riding bikes and drinking in the daytime, it's a bad neighborhood If women are riding bikes and drinking in the daytime, it's a good neighborhood

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There's a pattern that predicts where land values will reprice years before the cranes show up. New York saw it. Chicago saw it. Atlanta saw it. Dallas is next. Big cities across the country are facing the same dilemma. The suburbs keep growing while the urban core fights to keep up. People want walkability and community, but they're leaving for places that feel safer, cleaner, and easier to navigate. Meanwhile, cities like Dallas, Chicago, and Atlanta have big ambitions. They want to be world class. They want to attract people, businesses, and jobs. They want to keep companies from relocating to the suburbs. They want to convince young talent to live and work downtown instead of moving to Austin or Nashville or Phoenix. That takes money. Aging infrastructure needs replacing. New amenities need building. Public spaces need to compete with the best in the world. The tax base isn't shrinking. But it's not growing fast enough to fund those ambitions without raising rates. And raising rates just pushes more people and businesses out the door. There's another approach. Build infrastructure that makes land more valuable. Not highways. Not stadiums. Trails. It sounds almost too simple. But the math works. When you build a connected trail network, you create the walkability and community people are craving. Neighborhoods that were cut off become accessible. People start moving in instead of moving out. Land values rise. And when land values rise, tax revenue grows without raising anyone's rate. You can see this pattern in cities across the country, regardless of how well they're run otherwise. New York built the High Line. Property values within a few blocks jumped 35%. Whatever you think about New York's politics, that project worked. Chicago built The 606. Home prices along the trail spiked 48% compared to similar neighborhoods without access. Atlanta built the BeltLine. Developers have spent more than $9 billion building along it. The pattern holds whether the city is red, blue, or purple. Build the connection. Land reprices. Dallas is now running this experiment at the largest scale any American city has attempted. The Loop is a 50-mile trail circuit that will connect the Katy Trail, White Rock Lake, the Trinity Forest, Fair Park, the Design District, and Pleasant Grove into one continuous network. One network. Every quadrant. It looks like a park system. It functions like an economic engine. Here's how it works. When people can get from one neighborhood to another easily, both neighborhoods become more valuable. When they can't, values stay stuck. Highways and dead-end streets cut neighborhoods off from each other. Money stops flowing. Businesses can't reach customers. Land sits undervalued for decades. But when you remove those barriers, everything changes. People flow between neighborhoods. Retail follows. Restaurants follow. Employers follow. Land prices adjust to reflect the new reality. The Design District is proof that this works in Dallas, and that the Katy Trail wasn't a one-time fluke. A few years ago, the city built the Hi Line Connector, a short trail segment that plugged the Design District into the Uptown trail network. Before that connection, the Design District was an isolated pocket of warehouses and showrooms. Afterward, it became part of the Uptown ecosystem. The results were dramatic. Taxable value has climbed 383%. Developers started flipping their blueprints. Buildings now face the trail, not the street. That shift only happens when an amenity is powerful enough to move rents. South Dallas is next. A new 1,200-foot pedestrian bridge is about to open the Trinity Forest Spine Trail, connecting neighborhoods like Dolphin Heights and Parkdale to the rest of the city's trail network for the first time. These areas have been cut off for decades. The Trinity River, the railroad, and a tangle of highways kept them isolated. Property values stayed low because movement was hard. That's about to change. Every city that built a loop trail system saw the same result. Remove the barriers. Capital follows. The investors who understand this pattern are already moving. Trails aren't expenses. They're leading indicators. They tell you where land is about to reprice, years before the cranes show up. If you want to understand where Dallas is heading over the next decade, don't watch the skyline. Follow the trail.

@sircalebhammer we are under supplied in housing, 1 move to rust belt cities, 2. build new homes

In the decreasing child population cities listed, they implemented performative policies that feel good and sound good to advocate for (like rent control) In the increasing child population cities listed, they have let developers build and rent has fallen. Most birthrate declining countries have insane housing prices with virtue signaling type policies instead of things that actually result in lowering housing cost- letting. housing. just. be. built.

"We do have a fertility crisis, but the truth is, a lot of it is a marriage crisis. The average age for marriage for women is up to 29... then they don't start having children until they're 35. That's a geriatric pregnancy. We need to get serious about telling women the truth about their bodies: the clock is ticking. You don't have forever. You really do need to prioritize dating and marriage early." --@Advo_Katy has some tough truths for America in the midst of our fertility decline