Setting up the old model train set surely must be on a lot of folk's bucket list. I for one definitely will set mine up one more time when I'm retired. Although

Setting up the old model train set surely must be on a lot of folk's bucket list. I for one definitely will set mine up one more time when I'm retired. Although I have never done that as an adult. But I think it's such a fantastic hobby to have. Everyone who prefers a virtual alternative in form of a video game is nuts! I cannot even see much similarity between the two, unless creating and automating tracks is really what you find interesting about the hobby (as lnrd hypothesizes). To me, that is the least interesting thing about it. It's not about creating a run of tracks, it's about creating a corner of the world. The scenery, the (long) building process, the hidden gems and stories... For many, it's also about being in a club, the community... you know, like, in the old sense of the word, not the internet sense of the word. The article makes a good point that we should actually be living in a golden age of model building. Twenty, thirty years ago, it was much harder to come by supplies while in the globalized world we live in today, everything is just an online order away. But of course that also makes it much harder for your local shop to survive. Also: youtube channel tip: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRkUtHQ774mTg1vrQ6uA5A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRkUtHQ774mTg1vrQ6uA5A