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Re: Despite What They Tell You, Americans Are NOT Getting Taller

The original study says the US ranks 37th in terms of height with an average height of 5'10. But this is misleading because they only measured 20 year old men. If we were to include all ages, the US would easily be in the top 10 tallest countries.

Also, the average young Caucasian American is 5'11 (https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1216&context=facpub). So white Americans are equally as tall as young Scandinavians, and hence one of the tallest people in the World.

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Re: Height Of US Presidents Since 1900

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Originally posted by Suarez223

It's well known that Americans want a tall man to represent them, even if he's incompetent. Shows how heightism is pervasive in Germanic societies (since Americans by birth are mostly of German descent).

Most Americans are of British/Irish descent. Only 14% of Americans identify as German. Anyway, Germany has much less heightism than the US so I don't think what you're saying is true.

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Re: Have humans gotten statistically taller? (Hormones/Diet)

Yes, the younger generation is much taller. According to the CDC, the average 19 year old American is 5'10 whereas the average 60 year old is 5'9

I'm the only guy I know who is shorter than his father. Each successive generation gets taller because of improved nutrition.

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Re: Why do men over 5'8 complain?

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Originally posted by fanoffans

Legit 5'8 guys who complain about being short are rare. The most common height on r/short and this site is 5'7.

What do you think it is about being 5'6 and 5'7 which makes people vent the most about being short and heightism? I'm not saying that these are the heights that dominate here and r/short, but assuming that most people on both sites are 5'6-5'7, what makes them (us really as I am a part of that demographic), the most vocal?

Also, this site is way better than r/short, why is this place not more popular?

I think it's just that 5'6-5'7 men are more common than men below that height. 5'5 is 5th percentile whereas 5'7 is 15th percentile for an American man. And 5'8-5'9 guys don't really face heightism so they aren't going to actively seek out forums like r/short or this one.

They did a poll on r/short and 5'7 was the most common height. And r/short is more popular because reddit is the #6 most popular website in the world.