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[quote=Anonymous]My husband was a first gen college student, even though both sides of his family had been in the US since the 1800s.

On his dad's side, they were farmers and owned a lot of land around NYC. As the area built up, they (great-grandfather, etc) developed projects (shopping centers, apartments) and leased land to the state (e.g., a post office.) This provided a pretty comfortable stream of income for my husband's grandfather and father and their siblings (my husband's aunts and uncles.) Some of his uncles had other businesses as well; e.g., one owned a fleet of trucks.

On his mother's side, they were all tradespeople (mostly carpenters and other union jobs.) All of them lived well and owned second homes - even ski houses.

When my husband was in high school, both of his parents tried to talk him out of going to college - they thought it was a waste of money. No one around them ever "needed" a college degree and they all did well. They would probably be surprised to learn that 50% of people *do* go to college.[/quote]

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