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DetlefK

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22. First diamonds, then cloth-napkins, now country-clubs... When will the Millennials have mercy?

Mon Jul 9, 2018, 03:37 PM

Jul 2018

First they kill the diamond-industry.
Then they come for cloth-napkins.
Now they are targeting country-clubs.

Millennials are ruthless destroyers!!!

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Why Won't Millennials Join Country Clubs? [View all] brooklynite Jul 2018 OP

Go figure. dchill Jul 2018 #1

It seems the younger people are more into action oriented things to do, and golfing is pretty shraby Jul 2018 #2

Put a motocross track on a golf course gay texan Jul 2018 #14

Just starting to get into golf Loki Liesmith Jul 2018 #52

Most of the golfers I know, House of Roberts Jul 2018 #3

Who knew a membership policy of "We Don't Want You Here" would come back to Aristus Jul 2018 #4

Bingo dalton99a Jul 2018 #23

Yachting is probably less popular these days, too. maxsolomon Jul 2018 #5

Yachting, yes. Sailing, however, is experiencing a resurgence Recursion Jul 2018 #29

Sorry, meant to equate Golf with another expensive, effete hobby. maxsolomon Jul 2018 #36

Yachting is effete? That's news to me! Coventina Jul 2018 #47

I took it back and you're still on about it. maxsolomon Jul 2018 #54

Country Clubs don't embrace diversity. Baitball Blogger Jul 2018 #6

A lot of Millenials are inclusive, that's why. no_hypocrisy Jul 2018 #7

Look at the decline of interest in golf and how it... NCTraveler Jul 2018 #8

Yes that was clearly the peak underpants Jul 2018 #13

2 yrs 50% of kids under 18 will be PoC, why would they embrace exclusive environments? I don't ... uponit7771 Jul 2018 #9

Student Loans zipplewrath Jul 2018 #10

Millennials do have a "country club", it's called Reddit/Twitch/etc... Blue_Tires Jul 2018 #11

Gee, maybe it's 'cause they can't afford 'em ??? DinahMoeHum Jul 2018 #12

Lol, what I was thinking and also they don't like golf. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Jul 2018 #16

In my day gay texan Jul 2018 #15

Yup, What's the difference between a country club and a porcupine? FSogol Jul 2018 #27

Good one!!!! N/t gay texan Jul 2018 #45

My thinking, exactly, gay texan. Ohiogal Jul 2018 #32

I'm a baby boomer and have never joined a country club LeftInTX Jul 2018 #17

Same. phylny Jul 2018 #41

As a Millennial-ish in the tech world wonkwest Jul 2018 #18

Good Luck With That Perspective ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #38

Well, not mine, lol wonkwest Jul 2018 #50

They can't even afford to buy a house.... beachbum bob Jul 2018 #19

Bingo! tonyt53 Jul 2018 #34

Because they are filled with shallow pretentious homogeneous aging members Freethinker65 Jul 2018 #20

Bingo!!!! N/t gay texan Jul 2018 #46

George Carlin as it right as usual - turn golf courses into homeless housing msongs Jul 2018 #21

No He Wasn't ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #40

First diamonds, then cloth-napkins, now country-clubs... When will the Millennials have mercy? DetlefK Jul 2018 #22

Not enough millionaire millenials to go around? lagomorph777 Jul 2018 #24

I've personally always thought of country clubs as sort of archaic, myself The Genealogist Jul 2018 #25

Good riddance let them go the way of the telegraph . Fullduplexxx Jul 2018 #26

I hate golf courses. MicaelS Jul 2018 #28

Being in a country club requires looking up from your phone once in a while jmowreader Jul 2018 #30

My son works part-time at the local country club eissa Jul 2018 #31

I've worked a lot of wedding parties in country clubs. Yonnie3 Jul 2018 #33

If no young diverse meillenials are ever interested in joining....... MichMan Jul 2018 #35

Dumb ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #37

Out here millennials would much rather go hiking or boating, instead of pnwmom Jul 2018 #39

And? ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #42

This isn't golf hate. I'm just saying what young people in the NW do. They like to be pnwmom Jul 2018 #48

In a Country Club? GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #55

It's not just country clubs- civic organizations, veterans groups Lee-Lee Jul 2018 #43

I have 2 millenial children Tavarious Jackson Jul 2018 #44

The millennials that I know personally FakeNoose Jul 2018 #49

I worked for a country club once backtoblue Jul 2018 #51

Here in my little affluent corner, Lifetime Fitness has replaced the country club Books_Tea_Alone Jul 2018 #53

With income inequality AwakeAtLast Jul 2018 #56