saveliberty said :
" Too expensive to raise children. "
We've only got one child . My wife couldn't have more .
" A liter of milk is over $3.50US.
We pay $ 1.99 for a liter , less when it's on sale .
" A good elementary/high school costs close to the same per year as an ivy league college. "
A " private " school costs big buckeroos just as it would in the USA .
"Housing is outrageously expensive and no one gets very much of it.
Luckily , we'll get my wife's Mom's house when she passes . We're living with and taking care of her now .
And the scenery in my neck of the woods IS splendid . :)
Wonderful you are taking care of your mother-in-law. I'll be doing the same. I think many foreigners imagine Americans throwing their parents in nursing homes and forgetting about them.
I did my part for the cause and produced two half Japanese, for which the City of Sasebo gave me 300,000 yen apiece.