[vundercind]

Relatives, or illegal daycares. Or relatives who run illegal daycares.

I think that’s how folks make it work.

[klooney]

There's a huge class divide in affordability. Unlicensed childcare, home remodeling, etc., is wildly cheaper.

[vundercind]

Yeah, you don’t send your preschoolers to the Montessori school with five acres of woods for $300-600/wk, you send them to your cousin’s friend’s row house with a couple Wal-mart play structures in the chain link fenced back yard for like $120/wk. Places folks with software jobs never even hear of.

[klooney]

I watched cartoons on a dirty floor in a random house before school, I basically came out fine.