I went to the Great Train Expo at the Pomona fairgrounds this past Saturday. It's been a few years since I attended one of these, how things have changed. The stuff that was being sold seem like the leftovers that nobody wants. There was a lot of people but very few sellers compared to when it used to be the Great American Train Show.
I'm not preaching doom and gloom for the hobby. I know that the internet has changed these shows a lot. I remember back when I attended my first show in the late 80s it was two buildings, now it's barely one. The internet has given us more options when buying now but it's kind of sad that the shows lost the excitement that they used to have for me,