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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1854088, member: 29751&quot;]I don&#039;t know that you necessarily need a ton of &quot;youth&quot; interest to carry the hobby.&nbsp; Many people come to the hobby in their mid-20s to mid-30s -- when they have acquired their first steady job and have the disposable income to jump into the hobby.&nbsp; Others of us (like me) came to the hobby very young (I was 9), but take breaks for things like college and grad school.&nbsp; I was away from the hobby from the age of 17 to 23 simply because I was busy with other things.&nbsp; Once I got my first job, had a steady paycheck, and was established with things like buying a house, etc. I came back to the hobby with renewed interest and fervor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another point -- you can&#039;t gauge &quot;youth interest&quot; by looking at the demographics of a large coin show.&nbsp; How many kids do you know who can afford to fly cross-country to a large coin show? The largest coin shows simply don&#039;t cater to youth, other than those whose parents are going to the show or kids who happen to live in the same general city area.&nbsp; I just went to my first FUN show in Florida in January, and there are vast numbers of people who travel to attend that show.&nbsp; Thus, the demographic will be hugely slanted towards the ages of people who can do that (you can&#039;t even book a hotel at the age of 16!).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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