On: Why Should We Worry About Declining Birth Rates?

[WarOnPrivacy]

We don't want to reverse the causes of declining birth rates.

    1) Car culture (and trespassing culture) eradicated free roaming
     areas for kids. This resulted in
    2) parenting time is 20x higher than a few generations ago
     because
    3) children live in adult-curated boxes, under 24/7 adulting 
     because
    4) they have no where to go. See 1.

In the US, a depopulated civilization would be allowed before we abandoned ~mandated driving.

[Dig1t → WarOnPrivacy]

Netherlands has a bike-friendly walkable society in most metro areas, yet they still suffer super low birth rates. Same with most of Asia.

Places like the UK have right to roam laws, making it okay for people to wander one other people’s land, yet they also have super low birth rates.

There are too many counter examples for your anti-car argument.

[class3shock → Dig1t]

Also in the US, some of the kids that are the most independent, roam the most, spend the least time in parental monitored boxes, are those in rural areas that are the most car dependent.