Less Young People Camping?

pappcam wrote:

Dog Folks wrote:
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. Dad was a union truck driver. They had two homes, both built by hand, by my father. The last one they built with cash, month by month, out of pocket. My mom always drove a Cadillac. My dad always had a newer car.

Now, my generation, both wife and I worked do that we could have more “toys.” She did not have to work to survive. Sometimes it was a struggle.

Now, the present generation. Both man and wife HAVE to work. Many couples cannot have one home, never mind two, or multiple cars. I see many young couples just struggling to “get by.”
It just seems each generation has less. We see a lot less young people in the campgrounds these days as when compared with 40 years ago.

Is it because they cannot afford to go camping? Are they working too much to take a weekend off?

Assuming you agree that there as less young folks camping; what do you think the reason is?

PLEASE, no politics. That will get the thread closed.

I could not disagree with you more on the bolded comment. Life is much, much easier nowadays as it was whenever you are talking about.

I would submit that the reality is every generation has it just as tough as the previous. Sure, they may not need to overcome our same obstacles, there are just different ones. The world changes and everyone needs to adapt. My kids will never have to deal with some of the things that I did growing up. But on the other hand there are many things that my kids deal with that I never had to.