This is a chart of people's economic expectations for the future. They're largely pesimistic. I've been at the upper half of the K economy and I found the cost of housing, child care and otherwise cost of living high enough to debate whether to have 1 child. Now I'm contemplating how long till I get flipped to the lower half of the K by AI. Back in 2011 I had no doubts I'd be able to have several kids without much trouble.