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Looking at a chapel I used to attend, (I’ve been staying home alone since Covid forced me into exile miles from any traditional mass.), I don’t give it much chance of still being in existence in 15-20 years or less.  There are several large families, but children gradually leave as they come of age, mostly by marrying from novus ordo or conservative Protestants.  The reason for this is obvious.  The large families are all related, most of the young people are cousins.  The average age of a member is approximately in the mid to late 50s, with no marriageable children.  There are many “individual” members, either married to non-Catholics, the only traditionalist in their family, or single and for various reasons never going to marry or have children.  There are also numerous women with a few children, either “single” or divorced, who cannot homeschool or lack total control over their children, shared custody. There’s a lack of community.  More people than not drive 50+ miles one way, cannot homeschool or have no choice but public school.  The area where the chapel is located is not conducive to young families settling nearby.  It’s extremely expensive.  A family making under six figures won’t make it.  That means either two full-time working parents, someone already established with family support, or a man with an unusually lucrative job.  It’s not a rural area so people can’t make up for food expenses by having large gardens and raising animals, or, say, burning wood for heat.  

A similar thought-exercise:

How many multi-generational families at your chapel? Since a young couple with a kid or two is "too easy", let's define multi-generational as 3 GENERATIONS OR MORE. After all, in 2021 most people live into their 60's at least, right? It should be quite commonplace to live to see your grandchildren, if not great-grandchildren. Right?

But even though Tradition is NOT a new thing, Trad chapels have been around for decades, how many chapels have large extended families attending? You know, a couple has a large family, then each of their children get married, and the ones who stay in town continue to go to that chapel -- with their kids. This shouldn't be too much to ask; I know the SSPX (which is 80-90% of Tradition) had a real low point in the mid-80's, so few chapels in the USA go back that far, but by the 90's things were building up again.