I'd like to agree with all your reasons but I think its just a sign of the era or whatever you call it. Interests are changing and not many are "farm" raised. Money is part of the issue but I can tell you that I live in one of the most depressed cities in Mich. but every restaurant is full and everyone has a new car. I don't believe its money...entirely, although my situation became that. I haven't had a tractor to a show in more than 5 yrs. I'm busy working and not making enough to support such an expensive hobby. (Oh, and a side note to anyone young and starting a career if you're thinking of a job that doesn't pay good but you have "passion for it". You won't be showing tractors either because you'll be working that day or broke!) That being said, just look at all the auctions in the tractor mags. Its millionaires that have been buying up all the antique tractors and now they're dying off. Small farms are disappearing and with that barns and sheds to store old iron. Mr. suburbia has his shed full of boats and Harleys and his midlife crisis corvette, not tractors. Gate fees went up too which weeded out the little shows with not much to offer. I surely enjoy them but I'm a person that like to walk and look. Folks had to choose a little show or a bigger regional show with the same fee or a little more with more attractions. Kinda survival of the fittest.
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