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Hello everyone,
I am new around here. I am almost done reading Unscripted and it has made me already change the way I think about business. Until now it was just about finding that get rich quick with no effort idea. It's no surprise I haven't found it after 10 years of wannapreneurism.
Now it is all about providing value. I'm not sure yet which is my meaning-purpose or where can I provide most value, but for now I am getting my creative juices flowing. I have identified a social problem that concerns me quite a bit even though I am not sure how to solve. Let me tell you:
Overconcentration of population in Spain
In my homecountry, Spain, there is an increasing problem overconcentration of the population in a few cities (Madrid, Barcelona, and a few others). According to the UN, by 2030 , around 50% of the spanish population will live in just 13 cities.
This trend has already spiked the real estate prices to an all time high in these cities. While we expensive real estate, the salaries of the average people are not high enough to support it. The average age for a Spanish person to leave his parent's house is 29 years old (vs much lower ages in other countries). Basically young people in Spain can't afford to leave their parent's homes with the shitty salaries and expensive housing.
Spain is not a huge country by any means (compared to USA), but we have plenty of space for the current population (around 47 million). To this day, around 60% of the municipalities have 1000 or less citizens. And in small towns the average age of the population is quite higher. Younger people leave the small towns due to the lack of employment opportunities. So the the smaller towns will keep decreasing in population until complete abandonment.
¿Solution?
There is not an easy solution to this problem. It's the chicken and the egg problem. No businesses want to open in small towns due to declining and aging population, and young people won't stay due to lack of businesses to offer employment.
To me the solution is the remote jobs. We live in a digital era, and many jobs can be done remotely nowadays. However, companies in Spain are not keen to adopt this model yet. If somehow companies could be convinced to allow employees to work from home, many of them would be happy to flee the the cities, revitalizing smaller areas and relieving the high demand on the real estate prices in the bigger cities.
¿Can you think of any business ideas around this problem?
BONUS statistics: Spain has one of the highest life expectancies in the world and one of the lowest natalities. Basically, we are all going to be old in a few years...
I am new around here. I am almost done reading Unscripted and it has made me already change the way I think about business. Until now it was just about finding that get rich quick with no effort idea. It's no surprise I haven't found it after 10 years of wannapreneurism.
Now it is all about providing value. I'm not sure yet which is my meaning-purpose or where can I provide most value, but for now I am getting my creative juices flowing. I have identified a social problem that concerns me quite a bit even though I am not sure how to solve. Let me tell you:
Overconcentration of population in Spain
In my homecountry, Spain, there is an increasing problem overconcentration of the population in a few cities (Madrid, Barcelona, and a few others). According to the UN, by 2030 , around 50% of the spanish population will live in just 13 cities.
This trend has already spiked the real estate prices to an all time high in these cities. While we expensive real estate, the salaries of the average people are not high enough to support it. The average age for a Spanish person to leave his parent's house is 29 years old (vs much lower ages in other countries). Basically young people in Spain can't afford to leave their parent's homes with the shitty salaries and expensive housing.
Spain is not a huge country by any means (compared to USA), but we have plenty of space for the current population (around 47 million). To this day, around 60% of the municipalities have 1000 or less citizens. And in small towns the average age of the population is quite higher. Younger people leave the small towns due to the lack of employment opportunities. So the the smaller towns will keep decreasing in population until complete abandonment.
¿Solution?
There is not an easy solution to this problem. It's the chicken and the egg problem. No businesses want to open in small towns due to declining and aging population, and young people won't stay due to lack of businesses to offer employment.
To me the solution is the remote jobs. We live in a digital era, and many jobs can be done remotely nowadays. However, companies in Spain are not keen to adopt this model yet. If somehow companies could be convinced to allow employees to work from home, many of them would be happy to flee the the cities, revitalizing smaller areas and relieving the high demand on the real estate prices in the bigger cities.
¿Can you think of any business ideas around this problem?
BONUS statistics: Spain has one of the highest life expectancies in the world and one of the lowest natalities. Basically, we are all going to be old in a few years...
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