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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3581545, member: 76194&quot;]For several political and economic reasons I will not get into (as this is not the place for such talk) my generation, the Millennials, have grown up in a rough climate of few jobs, low income, and massive financial insecurities. Which is why by in large my generation has come to value experiences over the accumulation of physical things. I&#039;ve noticed the change in myself too.... other than ancient coins, I&#039;ve cut back or abandoned just about every other hobby I had.</p><p><br /></p><p>People of my generation have grown accustomed to living in small places, being highly mobile and open to change, and don&#039;t like overly fancy things. Which is why some antiques that would have been worth a few thousand two decades ago, are now practically worth zero and you can&#039;t even give them away. As the baby boomer generation dies, there&#039;s no massive wave of millennials coming in behind them to buy these &quot;priceless antiques.&quot; You can see it with the overpriced Swiss watch industry too....most brands have declined in sales sharply over the last decade as the baby boomers die off and the&nbsp; Millennials&nbsp; have said in overwhelming numbers...&quot;No thanks, we don&#039;t need a $5,000 watch to tell us we have self-worth.&quot; If it wasn&#039;t for the Chinese, some of these would have gone under already.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for lack of appreciation of history.&nbsp; Don&#039;t blame us. It&#039;s not our fault the educational system was so broken that it failed to teach us anything relevant. I would have loved it if I could have learned classical history in Middle School instead of having to teach myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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