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It's the other way, if we consider "family" to be more than a couple. Actual family-oriented people would have a full-time homemaker.

• viraptor 7y ago
  That is a pretty outdated concept. It's one approach, but you really don't have to have a stay-at-home-parent to be family-oriented.
• eropple 7y ago
  That's some really mendacious stuff given how expensive having that family gets to be these days.
  • souprock 7y ago
    It is far from being mendacious. I'm doing exactly that, with a family of 13 people (12th kid due soon!) on one income. Yes, it is expensive, but aren't these H-1B people supposed to have rare and special skills that are worth a lot? All I have is a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. If I can afford 11 kids on one income, surely these people with advanced degrees can afford more. At some point... how fertile can you be? One income should do.
    • klipt 7y ago
      I assume you don't live in the Bay Area? My wife and I both have high paying jobs and we currently live in a 2 bedroom apartment with just one baby. Can't imagine affording anything big enough to fit 11 kids in the Bay Area right now...
      • brewdad 7y ago
        It's really not that much more. You only need one additional bedroom. One for the parents, one for the boy children, and one for the girls. Living the American Dream.
      • souprock 7y ago
        Right, I left the Bay Area as a child. I still have a grandmother and 5 of her 7 children there. Things were more affordable back in 1963. I think it would be possible for a non-beginner Facebook employee willing to live in a 3-bedroom. It's not something I've seriously considered. I've grown to like Brevard county, FL. It's cheap and peaceful. Walking to work is often possible, and for driving there isn't much traffic. Out here it is a long commute if you drive more than 20 minutes. You'd do that if you wanted 5 acres of land or an affordable beachfront property.
    • perfmode 7y ago
      sounds like defense contracting at Raytheon is alive and well.