Reply #15: only in the US

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There was a show on here (in the UK) the other day about a family thinking of moving to New Zealand - comparing pros and cons with England. What amazed me most about it was that it was a family of four, with only one employed parent, and his job was doing painting and plaster work in construction. Granted, they weren't wealthy and didn't own a home, but just to be able to support a family with that work blew my mind. That's something I've been noticing since I've moved here - there isn't a sense of panic about being working class. One of my colleagues was saying that he'd heard about people in the US having two jobs - he just couldn't imagine someone being so poor that they'd need two jobs.

Another job: farmer. My grandparents were dairy farmers. The farm was, and still is, family run. I have two uncles who still farm every day, but they ought to retire. They are the absolute last of a dying breed, I'm afraid.