re: Fertility rates dip, people are having babies later

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It truly is wild. Moving to Houston from Louisiana we almost felt like we were behind the curve in LA having our first child in our mid-late 20s where as a lot of the people we've come across in Houston that are similar to us had their first kid in their mid to late 30s.

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Living in Houston and having family in Louisiana, I see this as absolutely true. I can't decide if it's a good or bad thing. I will say that every time I go back to visit my family (country near Shreveport and Baton Rouge), I truly feel like I have stepped back in time at least 30 years. It's most likely one of the reasons Louisiana has the economic problems it does.