Because the economy is doing so much for the whole population. As noted above, poor presentation. Nearly everyone wants to buy at a price they can make money on and puts little value on true quality. Times are a changing. Quality is truly in the eye of the beholder. Not in front of the right market.
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein
At Khe Sanh a sign read "For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected never knew".
