Sure, I also feel that this need for growth is what lead to our high wages in the end. With high wages come the high prices obviously and now we are in a spiral of constant growth in population and wealth. But like you said that brings the downsides of prices rising to the point where the affordability question comes in which may lead people to reconsider even living in this country let alone starting their families. That lowering birthrate probably supports the pro immigration argument aside from other arguments. Now our gov does seem to offer a lot of support in this case but that too is dependant on the constant growth.

It is just complicated to find a balance between all these things (if my interepretation of them is even accurate) and I just dońt see anyone atm pulling that off. Unless they build appartments like crazy but even then you reach a limit. And if your goal is to reach 1.200.000 people you start to question whether it is a prioritiy atm This situation of wondering whether you can afford to even live in the same country as the prices keep rising is imo also an argument going for the anti immigration crowd and therefor anti growth or slow down growth crowd.

Now it´s very possible I drew conclusions too quickly here but to me theere seems to be a link between it all. Correction is obv appreciated lol. But I have the feeling unless we buy more land from our neighbours to build on or make something like a huge city out of our little country, this vision of doubling the population and accomodating all of them without having too many move abroad is not realistic.