I agree; I think Pennsic is in decline and will not make it another 50 years. It's a combination of things, no one thing -- changes in the SCA, changes at Cooper's Lake, demographics (the "graying of fandom" applies to the SCA too), changes in Pennsic, people having more options for large events, people having more options for spending their vacation time...
Speaking personally, I used to get excited about Pennsic, and now it's this thing I do. I still have fun, but it's different. I have thoughts rolling around in my head that I hope will come out in a new post about this. But one effect is that I'm not inclined to invest in another "amortize over 20 years" housing project to replace this one; I don't think it will pay dividends. (On the other hand, I very much want to be *off the ground and dry*... used vardo? Hotel room? Dunno.)
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Speaking personally, I used to get excited about Pennsic, and now it's this thing I do. I still have fun, but it's different. I have thoughts rolling around in my head that I hope will come out in a new post about this. But one effect is that I'm not inclined to invest in another "amortize over 20 years" housing project to replace this one; I don't think it will pay dividends. (On the other hand, I very much want to be *off the ground and dry*... used vardo? Hotel room? Dunno.)