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You have all probably seen at least one post claiming that younger people are not becoming gothic anymore. Many of the arguments that I have seen people make in an attempt to address this urgent subject are merely educated guesses that do not appear to be supported by data.
It is common to point the finger at the younger generation, the recession, the emergence of hipster culture, the “generational divide” among goths, the douchebaggery of those already in the scene, etc. The fact is, these issues have existed since the beginning of goth culture. Like young goths now, young goths in the 1990s did not have much money, and because club cover prices do not appear to be going down, that argument is moot. Because there are jerks in every scene and the world is not full of good people, goths will always be dicks to each other. When you consider that goth culture has only been there for ten years or less, the age gap becomes much less apparent. The older goth community is just like you; they have just been around for a little while longer and have grown accustomed to it.
This, in my opinion, is the primary cause of the entire controversy: goth culture has evolved.
In the 80′s, goth was the new, glittering, dark and twisted world that drew interested young people with it’s dark romance, mystery, developing music scene full of skilled innovators and soon to be committed devotees. Both the music and the attire took off, eventually branching out into sub-genres within the fast expanding goth community that developed their own identities.
