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Well... 19th century engineer could have a large multi-story brownstone with family and , more importantly, servants and house personnel. A butler, etc... Tod

• calvinmorrison 6mo ago
  Can and will happen again. I might even be a 'clever' underbutler to some misAnthropic Engineer
• ghaff 6mo ago
  >servants and house personnel Which you mostly don't need today. You may have a lawn guy, take your car to a mechanic, and use a washer/dryer to do most of your laundry.
  • esalman 6mo ago
    You actually need some help once you have kid(s).
    • ghaff 6mo ago
      Some people do have live-in nannies and au pairs for kids of a certain age but I'm guessing it's not very common, at least below a certain income bracket. People do use childcare and lean on relatives (or one parent just doesn't have a full-time job outside the house) of course.
      • esalman 6mo ago
        Stay-at-home parent should not really count the same as servant or house butler.
• metabagel 6mo ago
  I think that could be true for some engineers. I'm skeptical it was true for the majority.
  • ghaff 6mo ago
    "Famous" engineers--probably. I doubt the person taking care of the steam engines lived in a fancy house. I'd much more expect the steamship owners and captains to live in that sort of property.