"Vito" wrote in message
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Mark Weaver wrote:

A) The LA basin isn't representative of the country as a whole, and

Agreed, but Fredricksburg, Va is now as crowded as Alexandria was just
20 years ago and the farms between Rockville and Fredrick Md have been
buried under houses and apartments, and ....

Maybe that is not caused by growth in terms of people but in terms of
comfort level? I guess many people now live in larger houses and nobody
wants to live in small flats anymore? Malls get bigger and bigger, airports
continue to grow, ...

If you don't want kids who the heck should pay your pension? If a country's
people start aging you will run into problems as only few young people work
and many older people need help / medical care.