- The people taking care of children at daycare make pennies; most of the revenue goes to a landlord. It's very expensive because you can't just move the daycare 1.5 hours out to the outskirts of town; you actually need to pay for real estate near where people live.
- Grandparents, extended family cannot afford to live near their working children.
- Anyone with a hint of upward mobility needs to move to an area where they can get their foot in the door of the financialized housing market. They move away from their friends and family, and then when they have kids they don't have a support network.
- 2x full time incomes are needed to afford rent where work is available, leaving no time for childcare. Nobody who works part time can afford to rent.
- It's impossible to make rent working part time in any city anywhere. Very difficult even with 1.5x income parents.
- Commutes are much longer, increasing the burden of childcare. Lack of housing supply near work -- because of policies that benefit existing property owners.
All of these have one answer: HOUSING SUPPLY. let people build more housing. That's it! Very simple!