scubafanatic
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I have been an active diver since I was a child. However, it is true, most divers that have the time and money to travel tend to be older, 40 plus. Just a mater of economics, leisure time.
As to the more cerebral and less active part, I go full out at everything I do, always, I will relax when I am dead, hopefully if I don't fall off my bicycle anymore, that will be a long time from now. In any case, I do notice a trend, divers are getting older and I see fewer and fewer replacements for them. There are many reasons including the rapidly lowering life quality here in the USA and most of the western world. This is the first generation of kids that have been told from the beginning how great they are and low and behold, hardly a job for them to prove it any where to be found. Going on dive trips cost money, imagine that.
There is another reason, the increasing girth of people, young people included, precludes an active lifestyle, sitting on the couch and playing video games is real enough I suppose.
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...a while back I read somewhere (undercurrent maybe?) that in the USA the ave. age is mid-upper 40's. I agree with you about the future of scuba for the 'declining' western world population, our ever-weakening financial/job picture (and our upcoming massive retirement/medical expenses) present strong head winds for the scuba industry to overcome, scuba is a luxury good that will fall by the wayside for more and more people as this country's financial reality kicks in.