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> She described the "baby boom" more acutely than I had ever heard it described before. For her, it was a "swarm of hundreds of kids" the exact same age. I gre
by irrational 3y ago
> She described the "baby boom" more acutely than I had ever heard it described before. For her, it was a "swarm of hundreds of kids" the exact same age.
I grew up in the 80s (Gen X). We didn’t have hundreds of kids, but there were dozens of of kids in every neighborhood we lived in (we lived in Indiana, Texas, Colorado, Florida, and California). My kids have grown up mainly in the 2010s-present. There might be a single other kid the age of one of my kids in the neighborhood. There just aren’t many kids anymore. Certainly not like when I was a kid and especially not like when my parents were kids.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoI think it's unfortunate and a bit annoying that people seem to have forgotten (or never learned) the meaning of the Baby Boomers label. Somehow the group called "boomers" has expanded (by some erroneous definitions) into the mid-'60s. Ridiculous. The same thing has happened to "Millennials." Overall, any labeling after the Baby Boomers is stupid and should be avoided at all costs. If you want to talk about a particular group, simply refer to an age range. Then there's no debate.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoOr even better, refer to a range of birth years. Then ten years from now, the same label still refers to the same people.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoBetter indeed.
- fireflash38 3y agoHave you considered that instead the people who have kids are priced out of your area?
- irrational 3y agoNo, we have moved around quite a bit and find it to be the same everywhere. And anecdotally my siblings find the same thing in the states they live in.