1% would be around 30,000 per state which isn’t too hard to believe I suppose. I believe most people just read the info and run, preferring to not converse openly about the mechanics of it. Even if they haven’t found this great place, they still can stumble onto scraps of info on the internet.
I’ve always been one to converse openly about things even when they were a bit sensitive in nature. I do have a limit though like anyone I would think. Not everyone is open—-even on the internet. I’ve always been the sort of person who, if I made a mistake at work, I would own up to it. Not everyone is like that believe me because I’ve seen people let someone else take the blame for mistakes when they knew they could get away with it. What I’m pointing out is not everyone is as open and there are different mindsets around in this world, there could indeed be more PEers than we realise who won’t say a word ever to anyone about it for all we know.I’m not saying the person who never mentions to anyone ever that they do PE is like the person who lets others take the blame for their mistakes, just making a point of how hush hush people can be in various situations of perceived embarrassment.
Still , so many people are told in mainstream that it can’t be done the percentage is bound to be very low. 1% might actually be a way high guess but 30,000 per state just doesn’t sound too high to me considering internet access.