It's tough because the snopes article moves between individual and household income amounts--which are two very different things. Kinda wish articles were written more clearly, and provided contextual data regarding how many households have multiple earners.
This has been driving me crazy. I try to compare the median income in the twin cities and it always provides the median household income. Why is it so difficult to find indivual median income for regions.
My first job out of college paid $28k/year. Of course that was in the mid 80s. Almost 40 years later, half the country is making less than $7k more than that.
I know a few people in the 100k range. Only a couple have kids. I think that is more than that. It's never stopped people in the past. I think a combination of education and poverty may be part of this.
I mean, even if you're financially well off, your income isn't going to make you blind to things like climate collapse or the prevalence of right wing neonazis.
There are a lot more factors than just money that make this planet not a suitable place to raise children.
Sure, but we know about that because we tend to be more educated. My point was that money alone isn't the only reason we aren't having more kids. Thank you for agreeing with me. The way I put it could have used more examples.
3.5k USD monthly is a lot. If I might ask where does this amount come from? I looked at rent prices a bit and they are not really much higher from where I live right now while the average salary is more than 4 times lower here.
Technically, our standard of living is much much lower. A lot of us don't have water heating, so we just shower (or dunk, if you use a pail, because some of us can't afford showers) with cold water, unless you want to spend precious time and fuel to boil it. I see Americans who glorify cold showers, saying that it develops you as a person. Heating and cooling is a no-brainer for Americans, but many of us are still hesitant to use air conditioning even at 30°C. In my country, we still have regular service (water and electricity) interruptions, even in the cities. Yes, rent can be lower outside of major cities, but development is centralised there, so you'd rather move to those cities anyway. I would hear of families having to seek treatment in a more developed city, because their city doesn't have resources.
Why would you bet that? I just think that what you see as a dystopia is what most of the world can't even dream about. Does not mean that what you are experiencing is great, but from the outside of the "rich bubble" it does look as a funny complaint. Now that is the dystopia for you.