Less Young People Camping?
It has been a belief of mine for a long time that each generation has it “tougher” than the previous generations. My parents were what I consider to be “middle class.” Mom had her own beauty shop...
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Daveinet wrote:
Google US birth rates and look at any graph that comes up. The answer becomes extremely obvious. The huge boom from the 50s and 60s are getting older. There just isn't the supply of new families, so it should be no surprise the camping demographic is changing. While there may be some minor societal attitude change toward family activities, by far the biggest impact is the whole demographic of the country had shifted. This is having a dramatic affect on many businesses, not just camping.
I do believe we have a winner. Us baby boomers are older now and the following generations are simply much smaller. There are just less young people to go camping.
As a member of the baby boom generation, I don't know why I did not think of that as it makes perfect sense. Thanks Daveinet.
