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I honestaly have to say i dont think any of these numbers really show anything. Most people int he hobby are older have steady jobs or are retired and have money they dont mind spending on the hobby, and in many cases they dont mind spending LOTS of money on the hobby. I beleive this leads to misleading sales figures as to how much is being sold, what needs to be seen is how many individuals are buying. <br />My bigger concern for the hobby is the lack of younger people involved. I do not know how it was back in the '60s of '70s but now a days there are very few kids involved at all. At the local train club back home there are a couple kids, but they are all have parents who are very involved in the club. At trains shows I'll see a few younger kids with parents, a few teenagers, but pritty much the rest is middelaged to older guys. Of all of my siblings freinds I only know one kid that has any interest in model trains. Back when I was in elimentry school even (early 90s) I knew at least several people that either had layouts or model trains. Nowadays in college I have yet to find more than one or two people that have any interst in trains. <br />I guess what I'm getting at is that to me at least it seems like the younger generation has next to no interest in model railroading or trains as a whole. Most seem to jsut like to play computer or what ever it is they do. I really think this hobby along with many others will in the future suffer from a lack of new people comming into it. <br />just my thoughs <br />~matt
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