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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by manyxcxi on Sunday January 22, 2017 @04:30AM (#13454424)
This pretty much exactly sums up why we packed up our 3 kids (3 weeks, 1.5yrs and 3yrs at the time) and moved from Seattle back home to Portland where all my family is 20 minutes away and hers is only a couple hours. We're 6 months in and, minus the income tax, it's the best decision we've made as parents.

Not having family, or people that are that close to you in your general vicinity makes a hard task incredibly more so.

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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by eikenberry on Sunday January 22, 2017 @06:52AM (#13454814)
It's not like that for everyone. We moved to Portland (partly) to get away from our families back east. They were like more kids, adding more stress than relieving.
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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by g00gler on Sunday January 22, 2017 @11:13AM (#13455755)
Right. When your mom is the physical, dark haired embodiment Estelle Costanza it's a difficult decision.
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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by gcr on Sunday January 22, 2017 @11:20PM (#13459724)
Maybe it's just Portland.
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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by dagw on Sunday January 22, 2017 @07:44AM (#13454945)
where all my family is 20 minutes away

To me this would be the factor that beats all others. Having raised a kid in perfectly nice area but with zero family or friends close by that could really help out, I'd probably consider moving to just about anywhere on earth to be closer to someone who could lend a hand.

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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by xapata on Sunday January 22, 2017 @12:39PM (#13456134)
I suppose it's easier to make new friends before having kids?
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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by dagw on Sunday January 22, 2017 @02:21PM (#13456734)
Had friends, but they where all happily child free single people, who weren't super keen on spending a Friday evening baby sitting a 1 year old. And I certainly don't blame them in the slightest.
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