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>>CNR is correct in his analysis. The shop of 20 years I worked for part-time, Como Shops, closed and went to the web. Causes were not being able to get a decent lease at a decent price and we heavily discounted, also. In another 5 years, most small towns will have no hobby shops when I remember that even towns of 6-10,000 had at least one shop in town and towns of 50,000 would have 2 or 3 shops. The hobby is dying pure and simple along with scratchbuilding and kitbuilding. it will be dead in less than ten years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >snippet Relating this more to the thread's original subjectline, we all wi***he hobby was growing and expanding. Unfortunately, the dramatic, steady, decline of hobby shops tells quite a different story. Yes, the Internet has certainly cut deeply into their market but their decline reflects much more than that. I can not image that In the future many people will be introduced to our hobby strictly via the Internet. Hobby shops were always the means of exposing new people to model railroading and it kept our hobby thriving for many decades. I'm very much afraid that when the LHS finally vanishes completely, it will seal the hobby's fate as well. CNJ831
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