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> She has three kids IIRC.

I haven't seen this in the transcript?

> Hong Kong has always been dense, and it used to have a fertility rate of ~5

I'm going to save this quote. It goes next to: "Yes, Tokyo now is too expensive, but just 10 years ago you could dream about getting a house there".

> Further, all US states, regardless of how urban or rural they are, have fertility rates with basically the same slope:

Yes. Toxic urbanization has not spared the US. But it affected the US less than other countries because the suburbs put up a fight.



> just 10 years ago you could dream about getting a house there

yeah, when comparing with other cities[1] it is way more affordable.

[1] https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/news/hong-kong-has-once-ag...




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