Is this hobby dying in the US?

[frizzen]

I thought it was more of an economy thing.
The usa still hasn't actually recovered from the recession of 2008 since we didn't let it correct, everyone's paying more for worse insurance, inflation...
It's harder to pull up the disposable income for toys when more is being kept from you.

On the up side, europe is sucking too, and the exchange rate for euro is about even with the dollar right now. So it's a good time to buy euro kits.

[Mikem]

I'm enjoying this new to me hobby (3 years) I've built 4 trucks working on the 5th . They all have been kit bashed and modified . Price wise I keep hunting around and this site has been the best to get a decent deal on and I trust people here . I agree with hobbies slowing down for whatever reason but I think it's all around , I know that with my trains . I also agree with Reg RCP it's no fun trying to load a pic on this site , Mario helped a lot but to many steps , Facebook boom it's there . Photobucket has a burp and nothing works anymore and I'm one who won't spend hours trying to figure out my computer when I can be modelling . I also agree lots of long time builders seem to have disappeared ,and I learn from them . This past summer was great as my wife and I met a bunch of great guys for a swell weekend playing trucks . I think this hobby will pick up faster then trains ,as there is still a human touch to a truck (you can talk to a truck driver and he won't call the cops like a ail road will) I love building a model of a truck I see in town then showing to driver and seeing his reaction that is fun ! Merry Christmas to all Mike