What thing was ruined because it turned into a rich person's hobby?

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attending Premier League football

To be fair I was paying about £20 for an hour 20 years ago.
So they've cut the time but kept price the same. Insurance for stables has got really expensive. A few near me closed years ago because they couldn't make it work.

Camping or actually any other kind of outdoor pursuit, hiking, running, cycling, climbing etc. Where I live people wear Passenger hoodies and Finisterre coats as some kind of lifestyle signifier.
Gig going and festivals.

Drawing/print making/painting/sewing etc courses.

We used to have a fairly good adult learning programme in the county but everything arty has disappeared and now it just focuses on skills to get back to work.

The only art/craft offerings locally are private providers who charge exorbitant rates for single day courses. I now have the time and money for a longer more, focused course and none exist!

Yes selling off British Steel isn't looking like such a good move for literally tons of reasons.
Jobs, being self sufficient as a nation. Quality the knock on effect on other industries.
Crazy move.

Cornwall.

What???? I took our family of 5 to the theatre in the west end in December (week of Christmas) it was £400, the seats were good. Where are you going to the theatre???

Lego has always been really expensive! I only had a very bits back in the 60s and most of the lego i bought for DC (born mid 90s) were second hand and i couldnt afford new sets. It actually hasnt risen in price more than inflation over the years

To answer the original question, swimming outdoors. Sorry, “wild swimming” 😂

Horses (either owning or going horse-riding). It was always a rich person's hobby, but it also used to available to the less well off.

My dad used to take us three kids with him back in the 70s. We were just a poor working class family, I can’t imagine that being affordable today.

The cause and effect here is the other way around though. Theatre tickets didn't become expensive because theatre became a 'rich person's hobby'; lack of funding for the arts pushed ticket prices up so high that only well off people can afford them now.

I second going to fringe shows, or the national cinema screenings of top theatre productions are excellent - the National Theatre, RSC and Royal Opera House all do these.

Ditto holiday cottages.

They used to just be a house you could use for a week for a fee, but now they're all luxury.

Which means they spend ten percent more but charge double.

Funding for these things are the first to go, sadly.

Pretty much everything I think? Nothing is cheap anymore really. Myself and Dh went out to see Project Hail Mary last week when we both had a day off. We browsed in a bookshop prior to the film (didn't buy anything), each had tea and shared a slice of cake. Then we saw the film and went for dinner at a fairly inexpensive restaurant (no alcohol) and we spent over £100. I know that by today standards that is just what you pay but it's still almost double to what we paid for a similar day out pre 2020. Prices have really shot up dramatically recently. We are going to see Cat Power in the Autumn and I was jumping up and down the the tickets only cost £45 each when usually prices start at £100 plus all the booking fees. I enjoy the ballet, theatre and opera but I hardly go anymore as its just too expensive, getting into exhibitions is really eye wateringly expensive also.

Insurance: 40pcm
Vet Plan: 35pcm
Food: 100
Cat sitter £25 (20 x 15)
Odds and sods £10

McDonald's....for a treat I just paid £20 for me and my dd to have a drink each, I had some hash browns and she had an egg mcmuffin. Why a bit of potato is £1.99 I don't know.

Swimming in a warm pool with kids. I'm yet to find one without hauling myself across the country for a few days at Butlins.

Supply and demand.
If demand for their services goes down then so will prices.

My cat costs me about
£15 in food (iams or purina) for about 2 months, she is not keen on treats so £1 on webbox every few months
Dont have insurance but say £60 a year in injections (my last cat had cancer and cost us about 2k in vet fees which works out about £15 a month for her lifetime)

My teen would easily go to one a week if he was over 18. Plenty of great artists performing for under £30, but having to take his dad along is restrictive (he's busy and less keen).
What about you going? Is that an option.
When both sons were teens we would swop
'New finds' with each other.
Me and dh would take the lads to Manchester/liverpool where for a gig. The boys had very different taste to each other and I ha e to say dome concerts were less enjoyable than others!
We still go out together a lot even though they are mid to late 20's.

There are ways of getting cheaper tickets
Dd 28 goes 2 or 3 times a week!
Ds 30 goes a couple times a month
I go 1 or 2 times month.
DC Often get tickets through Blue light,and are members of Donmar and NT. Dd is amazing at finding last minute cheap tickets
We enter lotteries or Rush and i sometimes get cheap or free tickets through work. Most i pay is £80 but that is rare.

I can remember as a student going to gigs like Oasis, Pulp, Suede. They weren’t expensive as I was skint as a student. Iirc the ticket price was comparable to going out on a Friday night drinking so I just figured if I didn’t drink at the gig it would be the same. Oasis ticket was £10.
But that us my point earlier about supporting local venues to allow new talent to grow.

Me and ds2 went to see Wolf Alice, Ed Sheeren etc years ago before they got bigger, for a couple of quid.

We see a lot of North West bands whose fan base has built and they are now got a steady following such as The Shetlocks or The Ks etc. That started off being free entry shows then a fiver then £12 and so on as they got more popular.
It's great seeing young bands suceed

This sounds a bit ridiculous tbh.
The insurance sounds very steep.
Why do you need a cat sitter so often?
And £100 a month on food??? Do they eat caviar? 😂

Now that is really rotten than pools aren't accessible for families.

I don't know about other areas but I know where I am lots of public pools / baths were built around 1900 paid for by miners welfare organisations.
They also included baths as many people didn't have them at home. And obviously baths were quite important for miners.

Its rotten to see so many have closed due to lack of funds.
Swimming should be accessible to all.

Asparagus. Used to be called sparrow grass and the food of the poor. Ditto oysters and gin.