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Old May 16, 2008, 8:44 AM   #55 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vinny View Post
Here's a WSJ article about how it's getting more difficult to find senior ctizen ski deals due to an overall increase in skiers age. We're getting old

This surprised me..."While it's difficult to tell how many senior-citizen skiers there are, visitors aged 45 and older made up 31% of total ski-resort business in the last season, up from 21% seven years ago, according to a report by the National Ski Areas Association, a Lakewood, Colo., industry group."

That's a much higher % than I would have guessed.
Not that suprising given both the wealth distribution of the US and the large numbers of Baby Boomers compared to Gen X'ers
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