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11. Less people in the US and less demands on the environment

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 01:45 AM

Sep 2025

Go have have more kids if you want. Lower population has been a topic on these boards in the past and supported for the environment.

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U.S. Population Could Shrink for the First Time Ever [View all] applegrove Sep 2025 OP

My Niece just had her 2nd child in late August. maxsolomon Sep 2025 #9

As long as the US converges on the Handmaid's Tale IzzaNuDay Sep 2025 #2

Deaths are hildegaard28 Sep 2025 #3

Good. Maybe our environment can heal with a lower population. Melon Sep 2025 #4

Less people in the US and less demands on the environment Melon Sep 2025 #11

The problem is not population per se, but population distribution dalton99a Sep 2025 #6

Good OC375 Sep 2025 #7

+1. The planet has far more people than it needs or can support dalton99a Sep 2025 #8

This isn't a change in the number of people FBaggins Sep 2025 #13

Technically, there was a decrease in 1918 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #12