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Love and marriage? Not in this B.C. town

Princeton city councillor suggests the reason might be Netflix
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Less than a third of Princeton couples are making babies.

You might think in a small, isolated town - where there isn’t much to do in the winter and people tend to stay indoors - that women would be birthing babies in healthy numbers.

But according to Statistics Canada, Princeton B.C. just isn’t as prolific as the rest of the province.

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Less than one-third of couples in Princeton have children - 210 families out of a possible 670. Across the province nearly half of couples - 48 per cent, are pushing strollers and carrying diaper bags.

Town councillor George Elliott said the explanation is obvious.

“Everyone in Princeton has Netflix.â€

Princeton couples also seem reluctant to take that walk down the aisle.

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Twenty-five per cent of them haven’t wed, compared to a provincial average of 16 per cent.

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