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Old Posted Oct 3, 2019, 6:36 PM
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Originally Posted by mrnyc View Post
your pet niche is what is missing the point of reality. 17% of nyc lives in abject poverty (a record low btw, which is good news) and 25% of children under 18 do. they live in an expensive big city too, adamantly or not.
That’s great. Nothing to do with my point though.

I am specifically talking about the cost of having kids for upper-middle class households.

Lots of poor people have kids they can’t afford. I’m just pointing out that most of those who are relatively well off would be shocked if they actually considered the math.
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