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Makerspaces are fine, but they are really a poor substitute for the "indistrial arts" and "home economics" shops and kitchens and well-supplied art studios we had in the 1970's and 1980's. Yes, I realize this post can be labled "back in my day things we better."

@garyackerman could you say more about these?

I was only born in 1978, so I guess I pretty much missed them.

@garyackerman born in 94 here.. we had both a wood shop, a welding shop, a sewing room, and a test kitchen with like 4 stoves at my school! I didn't realize how cool that was until I met kids from the suburbs in college. I went to school in a rural district, so I guess we were just cool like that. With all that being said, my maker space has tools that are wayyyy nicer today.

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