As an eighteen-year-old it's not so simple being in the hobby, I rarely tell anyone "I'm into model trains" as it makes me look childish and immature to many people. Only a few of my closest friends know about it and still think "they're a waste of money, and I've heard "why do you buy this crap" all too often. Getting past that they do respect the fact that I have a hobby I enjoy, just like kids of today find Video games to be a hobby they enjoy. Yes, I certainly do enjoy playing video games too but after a while, they get boring and so repetitive overwhelmingly most of my friends agree with this statement. There's just something about trains that just won't get old it always feels like a new experience, over and over again. Trains nowadays are just so expensive and hard to get into, unlike video entertainment which is only around 400$ and can be used for years with all sorts of games making them easy. I've seen the "young people like video games with violence and this, in turn, causes a correlation in their personality, etc) so many times there's just nothing correct about it, I've played plenty of the "shooter games" but don't feel like hurting anyone, just like anyone who sees's a violent movie and doesn't feel like ultimately repeating such scenes. It's just what kids find interesting today, there are so many types of different video games you cant generalize every person who plays them. Almost every generation grows up with some sort of technology everyone has to have and there's nothing wrong with that. I've been collecting trains for over 8 years.
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