• LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Isn’t pram, stroller and buggy like a rich-people thing? I’ve yet to see one in real life in my country - although I’ve seem them in movies and animations.

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      6 months ago

      Strollers used to be these cheap little things. Now they’re like SUVs. Where are you located where they don’t use strollers?

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        6 months ago

        India, to be more specific, west and south-west coast and south-western Deccan areas. I’ve never seen them used in any of the localities I’ve moved (we’ve moved quite a lot). Never was my baby cousin (who’s in his teens now) nor my oldest cousin’s children seen with strollers or prams. I’d assume maybe in posh areas in tier-1 cities, like, Worli, Vasant Kunj and Indranagar?

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          6 months ago

          So like 40 years sgo, in the US, strollers were just these cheap little things, collapsible plastic frames with some heavy fabric to sit the kid in. The new ones are all super big and fancy and have whatever safety features. I would have guessed in areas where the newer kind are not available, they would at least use the older style of stroller. (As they would be less expensive, more portable, easier to produce, less footprint on the street/sidewalk.)

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      6 months ago

      Prams can be quite expensive, like £1000 for some models in the UK. I think cheaper models can be 10-15% of that price though and they are pretty essential for having young kids.

      Presumably the social security in a Scandinavian country would be enough to let any parent buy one. Probably the same in the UK although our benefits system is much more stringent.