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Cities with fewer children

NY Times:

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San Francisco, where the median house price is now about $700,000, had the lowest percentage of people under 18 of any large city in the nation, 14.5 percent, compared with 25.7 percent nationwide, the 2000 census reported. Seattle, where there are more dogs than children, was a close second. Boston, Honolulu, Portland, Miami, Denver, Minneapolis, Austin and Atlanta, all considered, healthy, vibrant urban areas, were not far behind. The problem is not just that American women are having fewer children, reflected in the lowest birth rate ever recorded in the country.

Officials say that the very things that attract people who revitalize a city - dense vertical housing, fashionable restaurants and shops and mass transit that makes a car unnecessary - are driving out children by making the neighborhoods too expensive for young families.

Could it be that the high percentage of homosexuals in cities like San Francisco have something to do with the lack of reproductive activity? While some female homosexuals have been known to give birth, I am not aware of any males doing so. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but it would tend to skew the numbers.

But that would not explain this:

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Nationally, the birthrate has been dropping while the overall population is aging as life expectancy increases. The problem is not just in cities. New figures released this month showed North Dakota losing more children than any other state.

You would think that witht he lack of excitment in NoDak they would be pumping out the kids--go figure. They still get two senators even if they are the only people left in the state.