Dont think I have ever met a lower-income person in Phoenix without kids? (Scottsdale: condo, pros and cons)

[lovecrowds]

I moved here last year. There are pros and cons of Phoenix. I am certainly moving in the next few months but have noticed one thing about Phoenix and Las Vegas.

I have worked in several call-centers in this city and I think I am the only one that does't have kids. Pretty much all employees I have talked with have kids and many have 3 to 5 kids each. Many of them talk over breaks about how they have children in CPS custody.

I worked in a call-center with 100 employees and it seemed at one point last summer dozens of women were mom's to be.

When ever I am in a lower-income area of the Valley pretty much every family has kids and many times its 3 to 5 children in tow. The only way to be around a demographic with no kids is to go to Tempe or Scottsdale.

Las Vegas was similar where every single poor non-elderly person in the city seems to have kids either with them or with Child Protective services.

I worked in call-centers in Utah and Colorado where it seemed like far, far fewer of the lower socioeconomic people had children. I also lived in Florida for a few months and the poor areas of Tampa tend to be mainly middle-aged or senior citizens down on their luck.

[DetroitN8V]

Do you have a question?

[PhoenixSomeday]

Sounds like they are saying that it seems like poor people in Phoenix have half a dozen kids and keep popping them out. So they are wondering if there are areas of the metro that are poor that don't have irresponsible breeding practices.

[don1945]

Look, poor people can not afford to have regular hobbies, so they have to do what they can for entertainment. Sex doesn't take a lot of equipment or skill.

Don

[43north87west]

Originally Posted by lovecrowds

I moved here last year. There are pros and cons of Phoenix. I am certainly moving in the next few months

Thanks for stopping in to complain on your way out the door. This forum gets those every once in a while.

[goolsbyjazz]

lovecrowds, judging from your postings you don't seem to fond of the valley. That's perfectly ok, because desert living is not for everyone. You mentioned you would be moving? Where?

[Ztonyg]

Originally Posted by don1945

Look, poor people can not afford to have regular hobbies, so they have to do what they can for entertainment. Sex doesn't take a lot of equipment or skill.

Don

I agree. Plus, poor people can't always afford birth control / condoms either. Lots of sex + no birth control / protection = lots of kids.

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by Ztonyg

I agree. Plus, poor people can't always afford birth control / condoms either. Lots of sex + no birth control / protection = lots of kids.

Condoms are free at Planned Parenthood. That's a BS excuse. It's due to pure laziness. Possibly the reason they are poor in the first place.

[elcajones]

Originally Posted by DetroitN8V

Condoms are free at Planned Parenthood. That's a BS excuse. It's due to pure laziness. Possibly the reason they are poor in the first place.

Also, it's not like pulling out is that hard of a task anyway. However, the more kids you have= the more under the poverty line you are and opens a whole new door into welfare benefits....

[adriver]

Wow, I want to post in the overly ignorant and prejudice thread too.

done.