Wow. Before I sold my Comanche last November, I had it in a new single
bi-fold door hangar that cost me $185/month. I knew that was a good
deal, but, paying $300/month for any kind of accommodation for the plane
would have been out of the question for me.

Actually, private aviation itself is out of the question for me, now.
911 restrictions, questions about 100LL availability, unreasonable
insurance cost increases (I had no claims), non availability of decent,
quality, reliable, airframe and avionics maintenance, and difficulties
related to keeping a 40 year-old airplane airworthy have combined to
make it so I simply can't connect the dots. It just doesn't compute..

Our hangars are $400/mo.

No 911 restrictions other than the ridiculous little downtown Chicago
TFR that the mayor insisted on when "Mickey got one", referring to the
TFR for Disneyland. Fuel availability? Plenty around. If 100LL gets hard
to find, I'll switch back to auto fuel, ethanol be damned. Just paid the
insurance. $848. Seemed reasonable. I have a decent plane because I made
it that way over the past 12 years. Yes, my trusty old wrench is
retiring this year. But, I have another one lined up. As far as the
actual work, I do that. Difficulty of maintaining an old airframe?
That's the fun part.

I do it BECAUSE it is difficult. I'm sure it is tough, but I admire the
decision to quit by those who cannot or will not keep up. I would rather
they quit than cheap out on insurance and maintenance and cause a
problem for those who remain as owners. There are far too many
shoestring owners running out planes that they cannot afford to properly
maintain and upgrade.

That said, I am in no way giving up my right to whine about extortionist
pricing that has become a common practice in aviation.

We will miss those who quit. The ranks are thinning.

Good Luck,
Mike