Kids are not okay. New data shows Canadians under-30 'unhappy'

&gt; Cars getting stolen non-stop; police literally advising to just leave keys at the front of the house so that it&#x27;s easier to steal and criminals don&#x27;t have to resort to violence<p>&gt; A real estate market that&#x27;s so stupid that there&#x27;s no point in investing in other businesses<p>&gt; Immigration at a level where we&#x27;re adding the equivalent of our fifth most populous province (we have 13 - so no cherry picking) every year, while also having lots of social services.<p>&gt; Immigration policies that make no sense. We went from having a strict system to people just gaming the system so that univerities and random industries can have access to cheap labor to keep the economy numbers looking good in the short term. Lots of people that use Canada as a stepping stone to the US or EU.<p>&gt; Governments at all levels have absolutely no plans for any kind of infrastructure or fixing issues with housing. Local blames federal, federal blames local.<p>It&#x27;s pointless to say since everyone does it; but for anyone on the fence, if you get a chance, just jump ship to the US for your co-op or something.

HOUSING PRICES<p>Every time I see a story about economic anxiety and dissatisfaction among people under 40, I want to etch &quot;housing prices&quot; on a hammer and beat people over the head with it. Housing prices are <i>the</i> economic problem in most of the developed world. The economic problem, singular. Everything else is at least okay, and some things are great, but housing prices negate it all.<p>Canada seems to have this disease worse than (most of) the US. Not sure why. It looks like utter madness, especially since Canada has a lot more land than the US per capita.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;worksinprogress.co&#x2F;issue&#x2F;the-housing-theory-of-everything&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;worksinprogress.co&#x2F;issue&#x2F;the-housing-theory-of-every...</a><p>I think that article understates its case. Real estate prices are destroying civilization. So many other problems are downstream of real estate hyperinflation.

kids over 30 unhappy as well. I moved back into my parents after a separation. Trying to save up to get my own place but every time I get some money something big comes up or a kid gets dental work or something like a car dies. Canada is not a place people can thrive. Those who got some money gifted to them do well. I am left waiting for my parents to die so I can afford a home on my inheritance. Sad

Trudeau embodies the kindergarten Kumbaya view that so many Canadians of his generation were raised on, and he was voted in for it, and these are the consequences of that. Why complain? This is what we deserve.

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The country has been ruined by increasing immigration numbers to double of what it was previously while failing to even build the necessary homes needed for the growing young adulthood demographic. It’s sad that some of my peers are even starting to utter racist remarks in resentment of common knowledge that migrants are keeping wage stagnation constant and rent increase is obviously related. I fear that the liberals won’t be able to ever recover from the mistrust they’ve created by allowing things to get so out of hand. I love my immigrant friends but it’s bad to know born Canadians aren’t having a good time because of all this nonsense.