I was just replying on another thread and it made me think about family size. Where we live, it's very common to have 2 but no one bats an eye at families of 3; they are everywhere... and not just 3 of a kind, many people with PP for the 1st 2 go for 3 around here. I know very few families with an only child.
4 is pretty rare here though. It would definitely have shock valueAnd more than 4 ... I can't think of a single family I know with more than 4.
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February 1st, 2012, 01:20 PM #1
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Family size where you live
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February 1st, 2012, 01:23 PM #2
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Well I currently live in NYC--if you plan to live in NYC people think you are crazy for having more than 2 since it's just sooo expensive. I grew up in NJ though (and will move there) and there it's exactly what you said--1 and 4 are rare but heard of and 2 or 3 is normal. Tons of PP parents have a third!
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February 1st, 2012, 01:32 PM #3
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I live in a mixed type environment...
The Navajo and Hopi Reservation is about a 45min drive east of me and for them 5+ kids is normal.
Among the richer neighborhood 2 is normal. Either GG, BB, and a few PP.
The upper middle class have 2-3 and they normally have at least 1 of each gender.
The middle class families have 3-4 kids. These are the ones that keep trying for their DG.
In the farming area it varies from 3-8 kids. The families with the bigger farms have fewer kids but the famlies with tons of farm animals have more kids. Normal at least 1-2 of each gender.
My group... The Hippy Organic (upper-lower class) families have 2-4 kids. 99% are the same gender.
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February 1st, 2012, 01:33 PM #4
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Where I live ( SF Bay Area, Calif.) it's the same. 1 and 4 is not as common as 2 or 3. When we have my step-son that makes 4 boys for us already. I'm sure you can imagine the comments we get! And to possibly add another
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February 1st, 2012, 02:19 PM #5
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majority are pp families but i have 4 already and a few people I know have 4 but I don't know any1 with 3 how weird im uk
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February 1st, 2012, 02:46 PM #6
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about the same here too... lots with 2 or 3 kids, a few with 1 or 4, very few with more than 4.
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February 1st, 2012, 02:48 PM #7
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Where we live it is similar to what you said, begonia. There are lots of families with 2 or 3, very few only children, and not many families with 4 or more. One family I know with 4 sort of shocked everyone when the 4th came along. I am sure people will be shocked by our 4th as well!
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February 1st, 2012, 03:23 PM #8
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I live on the Gold Coast, Australia. Here most people have 1-3 children...you do see families of 4 a bit though. Anything above 4 is rare, but you do see them around. I have friends who have 6 kids but they live a bit further out of town (40mins away) and I live right in town.
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February 1st, 2012, 03:31 PM #9
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7 is very rare and considered crazy, lol.
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February 1st, 2012, 04:00 PM #10familiesr4everGuest
I live in Utah and 3 or 4 kids is the norm. I don't know any 1 kid families, but know some with 2 kids and they are done, 1 lady in my neighborhood has 2 boys, she had her tubes tied. The other two families with 2 kids have a pp, but I think it was health reasons as to why they stopped at two. I was counting and I have four families with 4 boys in on my street. I don't think I have any all girl families, that I can think of. I have 4, but we are trying for #5 soon. I guess will be getting the looks now
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