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Yep, my SIL kid had a reaction to cow milk as a kiddo so she had to cut dairy for the first year or so she was breastfeeding.

I grew up in NH and found out that salary when I was 14. Still like to bring it up in conversation to shock people.

Actually on that note how the heck does anyone have time to be in the NH legislation and work? Or is everyone just independently wealthy?

My husband had that allergy as a kid and has a mild version of it as an adult. It's actually getting easier to avoid, one of the reasons we are devotes to Trader Joes is the lack of corn syrup (which is also how we figured out our roommate has a sensitivity, thought he was sensitive to sugar cause he kept getting migraines. Moved in with us and it turns out he's only sensitive to corn syrup which isn't in our house)

Not OP but have a bit of experience with this. What those people have are (hopefully) ESA's or emotional support animals. Essentially they are just normal dogs but for some varieties of mental disorder ESA's can be a highly valuable tool, they are actually prescribed (seriously there is a prescription written) to have your dog be an ESA. Some of the more common disorders that warrant one are PTSD, depression and others. In these patients strictly having a dog can help siginficantly with a mental disability. Such as dogs providing the structure that people with depression can need to get out of bed. Or if someone with PTSD wakes up due to a night terror the dog can be comforting

HOWEVER these are not service animals, they are not permitted in public spaces as service animals and are not trained to perform specific service related tasks (not saying they might not be generally trained but they aren't trained as service dogs). The only special permissions ESA's are given is they are often permitted in housing where they otherwise wouldn't be as part of a "reasonable accommodation" and are also permitted on airplanes.

Here's a decent guideline explaining the differences https://www.animallaw.info/article/faqs-emotional-support-animals#s1

Major US city it seems to be around 30% say good morning and thanks. It gets worse during rush hour in the morning cause everyone is sleepy.