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Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 18:04:29 -0500
From: "Dorothy Titus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [Mpls] "Urban Legends"
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Jeanne Massey wrote:
"By the 2020s, baby boomleters (kids of baby boomers) will be having kids
and likely buying homes in big numbers (though not as big as in their
parents'
generation), filling in some (but not likely all) those homes built for
their parents' generation."
Not quite accurate. Baby boomers began life in 1946. That generation runs
through 1964 (assuming a generation is 18 years). Our kids have already had
their kids, for the most part. Here's a chart:
Generation Born Age 18 Age
40
Baby Boomers 1946-1963 1964-1981 1986-2003
Baby Boomleters 1964-1981 1982-1999 2004-2021
Next generation 1982-1999 2000-2017 2022-2039
So the baby boomleters are more likely finished having children by 2020 and
their children, in many cases, will also be about done having children.
(I couldn't resist jumping into this one because my parents were both in the
Army in World War II, met their and were the first American GIs married in
occupied Germany. They mustered out at the end of the war, and I was born 9
months later, one of the very first baby boomers--with loads of company.
When I went to kindergarten, schools were experiencing the first year of
increased enrollment. I was delighted because I was one of six
kindergarteners who were moved into a first grade class because there wasn't
enough space in kindergarten in my elementary school in St. Paul.)
Dottie Titus, Jordan
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Hate to bust yer bubble but I am definitely a Boomer, having been born in
1953. My eldest was born in '83 and youngest in '97. NONE of my kids have
even thought of reproducing yet, even the 20 plus yr olds.
If my kids follow my patttern, and that of my sibs, they will begin having
kids in their late 20s or early 30s, and possibly continue into their 40s.
This means: beginning in about 2010 for the eldest and possibly continuing
as late as 2025 for the eldest and beginning in 2027 for the youngest etc.
Thus I think that the initial statement about 2020 is RIGHT ON.
We DON"T all have kids at 20 and get our tubes tied by 25!!!
Jane Strauss
Longfellow.
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