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cnj <br />Excellent point. How about this? What is the demographics of model railroaders today as opposed to 1954? Are the prices higher lately because the average guy can afford more? Or have the higher prices resulted in people from specific economic brackets leaving the hobby or not entering at all? What segments of the hobby have risen more than inflation and what segments have risen less? <br /> <br />I would love to see a well thought out and researched study that would analyze the changes in the hobby since, say 1954 or 1964 in terms of price, availability etc. Maybe a comparison to other hobbies or leisure time activities could be included (I still think the price of taking a date to the movies is way higher than when I was in high school, but maybe its just my perception). I think that could turn out to be very interesting. If you look at some of the hot topics this summer (price, made in China, kits v RTR, DCC etc) I think such a study would be very well received (although the conclusions might not be!).
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