[refurb]

I can’t find your $3,000 per month. Your reference ranges from less than $1000 to maybe $1500 per month.

And 1/3 of that is housing, yet, I know plenty of couples without kids have 2 or 3 bedroom homes. Converting your old office to a kids bedroom isn’t increasing your monthly housing cost.

This report is more “costs we can attribute to children” rather than “additional costs as a result of children”.

[cwhiz]

Like I said... my city is more expensive than the average, my number is for two kids, and I included funding for college.

I am not here to defend the USDA report. Take it up with them if you disagree.