Jay Honeck wrote:
GA is one of the best things that can ever happen to a family. If
only more people realized this fact, we wouldn't be closing airports...

George Patterson wrote:
Very few people with a family are in a position to pay the cost in
money, time, and risk to effectively partake in general aviation.

I disagree, George.
It is a choice people make as to how to spend their disposable income.
It may have more to do with level of education and type of employment.
It may also be more difficult now with higher fuel prices absorbing more
of the available disposable income.