The answer is rather fundamental. They can barely afford a roof over their head. How do you expect them to afford exorbitant dues?
https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/07...y-club/563186/
Nobody joins anything anymore.
Everything from the VFW to BPOE to Masons to softball leagues.
There are a number of reasons for it...I think the primary reason is work that never ends anymore thanks to the electronic dog collars we all carry and the work load required to pay a 50% or more tax burden.
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I think if I joined a country club, I’d feel obligated to use the membership and try to convince myself it was worth the purchase. I like the freedom of not being tied to a membership/club. If I want to golf or workout or go on vacation, I’ll do that. No need to be tied into some time share plan or yearly fee.Originally Posted by Anti Federalist
Don’t get me wrong, I can see the benefits of these things - and I’ve been to plenty of country clubs as a member’s guest and it can be quite nice - it’s just not for me and I’m too cheap.
YMMV
Country clubs are for people whose money works for them, not the other way around. Graduating with a useless degree and $150K in college debt, don't plan to ever own anything more than a bicycle as long as you live. $150K is a good sized mortgage in most cities. It would never pay for acreage anywhere, much less building costs.
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Country clubs face competition from places you can get same entertainment without all the membership fees, dues, etc. They are no longer the only place to hang out.
The question has been asked before: Can the Roanoke Valley support three full-service private country clubs — each offering golf and tennis, a swimming pool, dining and other activities — during an era when public options for recreation, dining and socializing are plentiful and don’t require payment of monthly dues, initiation fees and the like?
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I for one like our member owned swim club, it keeps the riff raff out and we can do whatever we want without worrying about uptight ninnies calling the police.
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I think there is value for a millennial in being a member at a country club if you are in a profession like lawyer or sell insurance or financial services. Most dues are heavily discounted if you are under 35 or 40 (like 70% less).
But if you are an engineer or something, it just isn't going to be a good value proposition. I think a lot of millennials saw the terrible decisions their parents made with housing and cars and want to do learn from those mistakes.
Mr A is a joiner. He belongs to several clubs. I'm not. I like to keep my options open and, like someone else mentioned, I don't want to feel like I have to go or I've wasted money.
Most of us would rather go to a club or a rave or something. I actually really like golf tho.. I don't really play anymore. I probably would if I could take my dog.
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I would hope it's at least in part because $#@!ry clubs are aristoctratic bull$#@! that have no place in a free society.
At the very least it might be because the Republican Party has been overrun with a basket of deplorables and the professional yuppie base is shrinking (one can only hope).
The new, super-Marxist identitarian Left likewise probably doesn't have much use for them either.
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There are only crimes against the state.
And the state will never, ever choose to hold accountable its agents, because a thing can not commit a crime against itself.
Funny, I consider them the model of libertarianism. Member owned, not funded with stolen tax dollars.
So a private organization of people with similar interests who voluntarily get together has no place in a free society?
Let's say you are a successful local lawyer or you own a jewelry store. You could go to the bowling alley. Nothing wrong with that. But a lot of people like to hang with other people in their own peer group and a country club is a way to do that.
Death to the rich! /sarc
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They can also provide connections to good jobs. Gotta know somebody to be somebody.
The issue is not whether country clubs should exist or not. The issue is why millennials do not want to belong to them. This is the same generation that drinks at home because going out is too much effort. That’s an activity that also happens at a country club.
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I seriously doubt they would let Danke in at the Country Club here .
Do something Danke
Would he want to join any club that would have him as a member?
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Where I work people are making good money, but 12 hour shifts are common. I work 7 to 9 hours, but often get off work at 1am to 3am.
So yeah, I have a few drinks at home after work when every place is closed.
Yes, this too, because, let's face it, a great many of these places, including country clubs, were just fronts for a cheap place to drink.
Since the MADD Mother onslaught, taverns of all sorts are a dying breed.
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