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Understandable you feel an attachment to them but in all reality, it's boils down to them being mass produced sneakers intent for youth consumers. The consist "These teenagers ruining the game I been in since 1965, they have no respect for the old heads" is getting out of hand, they are sneakers one person buying a pair of sneakers for years is no more entitled to a pair then a high school/ middle school student who wants to impress his friends.
You make some points, but at the same time, there is a dichotomy of interests regarding sneakers that wasn't nearly as prevalent in the 80's, 90's, or even early 2000's. It's a reselling hobby now...with plenty of shady individuals manipulating the sneaker culture that a lot of "old heads" grew up on. Having said that, I don't feel "entitled" to any pair of sneakers...just the memory of having some of the OG's of the 90's growing up. My interest in sneakers is strong, but it's at least for the principle of appreciating the sneakers itself, not for "financial purposes" as it has blown up over the last few years with reselling.
..and lastly, I don't blame teenagers for ruining anything involving sneakers. I would actually blame these sneaker corporations for allowing these issues to exist. But I realize it's business, and these sneaker companies, Nike especially, are in it to attract as much attention as possible while purposely limiting shoes to the public. In todays day and age, a Nike Lebron "Cork" for example is valued automatically as high if not higher than some classic OG models from back in the day just because Nike throws the word "limited" out there with some strange concept. People such as myself are no longer the market Nike targets when it throws a limited release out every week....every week they want a prized shoe to perpetuate the hype they purposely create.....just sad for some us that actually grew up appreciating having just "one" shoe a year..let alone the amount of shoes people cop today.