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@bussypounder999 reports a near-total absence of children in Taiwanese cities—"no…

2026-05-10 · 17:07 UTC ·@bussypounder999 ·1 min read

Brief

User @bussypounder999 says Taiwan felt terrifyingly childless during their visit, attributing low birthrates to densely packed, expensive, tiny city apartments owned by boomers and corporations and to suburbs that lack infrastructure. Driving 40 minutes out revealed only fishing huts and small houses; they insist birthrates will stay low until units and lots can be merged into family-sized homes. Sovey (@SoveyX) replies that Korea now has the world’s lowest birthrate.

Why it matters

@bussypounder999 reports a near-total absence of children in Taiwanese cities—"no kids at all anywhere"—with only obvious foreigners carrying children; they blame city apartments being owned by "boomers and corporations," calling them "expensive and tiny, worse than New York."

Key details

  • After driving 40min out of the city the author found only fishing huts, mudslides, and countryside houses still too small for families; they claim the only way birthrates will stabilize is if apartments/neighboring lots are merged to build larger homes, otherwise Taiwanese real-estate owners will be 'cracked.'
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when I was in Taiwan, the lack of children was SCARY. like no kids at all anywhere. only ppl who were obvious foreigners, were carrying kids around.

BUT it was rly obvious why there was such a low birth rate. City apartments are all owned by boomers and corporations, everything is expensive and tiny worse than new york. The reality is that there is truly too many ppl packed into the cities. And its bc the suburb life has a huge lack of infrastructure!

In america, when its time to have kids, you can move out of a city and into a suburb and have the same quality of life. Still plenty of corporations have headquarters in suburbs, you can still have a nice job. Roads are still good. Stores are still good. But in taiwan, as soon as we drove 40min out of a city and into the beachside its like holy mackerel theres just fishing huts and mudslides.

The weird thing is that the houses in the countryside are STILL too small to hold a FAMILY.

The only solution is to continue having a low birthrate.

It will crack the people who own all the taiwan real estate. Only when taiwan real estate becomes feasible to start merging 2 apartments back into the original 1, merging 2 neighboring house lots back into the original 1 and building a bigger house on the lot, only then will birth rate stabilize.

Sovey (@SoveyX)

Korea no longer has the world’s lowest birthrate!

Suck it, Taiwan.

— https://nitter.net/SoveyX/status/2053271082551881747#m