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While multiple factors play a role in falling divorce rates, the costs of separation make going it alone a daunting prospect for many Canadians.

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[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since the 60s I have been proclaiming that it should be very difficult to get married and very simple to get divorced. I will die on this hill.

[–] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Will you die on it divorced and poor or married, unhappy and slightly less poor?

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The problem is now that you risk living in a tent in a park, or in your 50s with roommates in a sketchy rooming house. It's not just "poor" anymore, it's that divorce can mean homelessness.

I don't think people realize how badly out of control the housing market is. In much of the country, it's not a matter of not being able to buy a home, it's not even being able to rent one.

In the area where I live I can count four or five young couples and/or single parents who are raising kids in rooming houses. Other than one spectacular instance of substance abuse, they're not "bad people", and ten years ago they'd at least have been able to rent a space of their own to raise their kids, while thirty years ago they'd have been able to buy a starter home. Now? Now they're raising children in rooming houses.

That's not a good thing, but hey, at least landlords are doing well and Galen Weston's making more money this year than last.