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The really big decline in popularity of bridge was in the 1950s. My wild guess is the rise of TV had something to do with it. This secondary decline described
by wrp 3y ago
The really big decline in popularity of bridge was in the 1950s. My wild guess is the rise of TV had something to do with it.
This secondary decline described in TFA is happening within a smaller, more dedicated player community. Maybe it's the competition from other games.
- TimPC 3y agoI think it’s mostly the decline in people coming over to people’s houses. Bridge as a game relied heavily on kitchen bridge and it just isn’t that common for most people to have people over every week for a game anymore. There is also the fact that the rules of the game are fairly complex and many people take weekly lessons for months in order to understand the basics of how to play.