With America's population continuing to increase, do you think we will get like other European Countries?

Question

where families live in the same house together for generations?

There was no intent of scorn or ridicule in this question. I found it fascinating when I was learning about this topic. I wondered if anyone else had considered this.

Answer 1

That also happens in Latin America. Families are very close and children live with their parents until marriage or even then, the wife or husband moves in to their in laws.

Sometimes its good, sometimes its bad. In the United States there are better opportunities to live on your own. Sometimes a part-time can get you through your apt with a roommate or two.

And most couples can afford 1 bedroom apts aswell.

Low income is usually what keeps the nest from getting empty. Children usually stick around to help the parents with housing and bills and all live together happily.

Answer 2

I think that characteristic of European countries has more to do with culture rather than lack of space due to an increase in population.

Take a drive through your state sometime. I live in Florida (unfortunately) and they say this state is getting more and more populated each day. But when I drive around down here, I can drive for miles on end and not see a town.

I'm sure that less than 5% of the state's land area is actually populated with residential or urban structure. With all this space available to us as a country, I doubt we'll "get like other European Countries." There's plenty of land on which to build.

Answer 3

We must plAn aHeaD in order to avoid being huddled together in urban masses...

The three most important features are jobs, jobs, jobs. If we could make living affordable and practical, we'd all be better off. One of the basic problems is the politicians don't want too much change. They want people to stay put so as to insure their own voting block.

When people move, a whole new political scenario comes into focus and the spoils of politics are up for grabs. The people must get by the thieves, perverts and whore mongers that infest Washington, D.C., or should I just say Washington, D.C.

But, to answer the question...people need more options. And traffic congestion could be eased if all government employees who work the wheel, work different hours. If those who work 8-4, 4-12 and 12-8 were made to work 6-2, 2-10 and 10-6 instead, traffic would be eased, tremendously. Highway traffic and congestion is causing too much stress and problems.

The crooks and imbeciles who represent us in Washington, D.C. must come up with a national plan to assist the population and allow people more options for smart growth.

Answer 4

i do hope so, when you have squandered the space you havent used yet,and what is the problem having your mum in a granny flat at the bottom of the garden, or do you really believe that every european country is inferior to yours because yours is bigger,and arent you forgetting alaska, you havent hardley touched that yet, or do you mean the warm parts of the us.i bet you believe the us is the best country on earth, in my tiny little isle, we all live in close proximity to each other, no long drags to shop, one car we all go together, it saves fuel, it makes you tolerant of each other
it gives you a sense of community, when adversity strikes we band together, we are not dysfunctional, but we become thinkers
thats your space,we are creative, inventive adventureres.
just think you to could become less shallow,opportunistic,success compusion race when you learn to share.

Answer 5

actually population growth index has fallen. But anyway, it wouldn't be bad for our country to regain some of that family value (as opposed to "family values") that we have lost.

Answer 6

I wish familes could live together. It is too lonely being all by yourself.

Answer 7

oh i hope not...
and i can't imagine it happening. we'd probably just build more condos to house the growing population..