What We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies Family

What We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies

For a lot of people, it’s getting too expensive to knit or fish.

By Tyler Austin HarperIllustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic. I was 12 years old, at a local gun club, where my mother had driven me so I could try my hand at “sporting clays.” Meant to simulate hunting, the sport takes place in forests and fields and involves walking from one station to another to shoot—imagine golf, but with guns. Listen to more stories on the Noa app.

The first time I shot a clay pigeon, it disappeared. Read more about it here.