The other thing is that everything is bigger everything is on line and accessible in a larger way still I dont see lots of trad folk venues springing up all over the place here in Maryland- the ones that were there are shutting down and getting prohibitively expensive- so if people are doing things right and properly transmitting the folk musical culture then the picture should be much different so then whats wrong if all is ok.? I suppose where you are everyone in the mall is humming one of the grand airs of connemara and border ballads are being performed in all the fast food places....