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And boomers wonder why Gen Z and millennials aren't having kids.
My parents are understanding very well while reading on the one hand comments from Gen Z - like you - and alike that it is all the boomer’s fault and on the other hand asking themselves how they will pay that month the health bills and other costs from their little pension .
They aren't having kids because France doesn't use air conditioners or hasn't typically in the past? It isn't a money thing, it's a "we don't need them and never have" thing and now they do. It's like buying a dryer in south east Asia, they don't use them and they're incredibly hard to even find one to buy.
They aren't having kids because this weather is not normal: climate change is bringing extreme weather that is already causing big problems and will only become worse in the future.
Don't be an idiot and pretend you didn't know that's what they meant.
You are aware that the AC doesn't do much when you're outside?
That and the fact that salaries are very low in France. I see americans talking about $200k a year for software engineers, where in France you get $50k a year on average if you're a senior.
You took 2 extremes, but even without that, consider that the french have retirement and health included
Sure, but an American making 50k probably doesn't. The French absolutely does
Extremes is true and also very location dependent, but anyone making 200k in the u.s. also has insurance and a retirement package.
There's no way those numbers are true as an American who's in the industry. Like maybe super high end for USA and super low for France as outliers but you basically have to be a genius wizard to be making 200k a year as a software engineer anywhere in the USA. Even then it'll only be in a super high cost of living place, no software dev in the Midwest is pulling 200k.
I definitely know software devs in the Midwest making more than 200k
Well good for them, I haven't met any - I think we could at least agree that's very rare.
Also this ignores that 50k goes a lot further in France than in the US. In my experience cost of living is around 1.5x in the US when you account for everything than it is in France.
I definitely know developers in France making more than twice that.