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not in my city, but in my school theres a couple including me = the rest are stoners and gangstahhhhhhz! and a lot of asian kids.

I would have to agree with something previously said in this post. The number of actual goths I dont think has declined its the mall goth fashion trend that is declining.

Well, throughout my middle school (uh... junior high, for those who don't have middle schools) there were a lot of "goths," but they were all mallgoths. There were a few of us goths there, but not many. When I went to high school, there were NO goths... anywhere. There were a few of those people who claim to be goth, and there were those people who claim to be goths because they listen to Marilyn Manson and dye their hair black. I went to school the first day of freshman year (last year) dressed up in my goth attire, and I got stared at, and some of the older students (supposed mentors) went so far as to publically insult me while we were doing a group activity.

There aren't a lot of real goths in my section of Minnesota. So I think the amount of goths is just where you live, like many of people have already said.

hmm I don't know. I was going to say no, but then I realised that all the ones I know in my school are graduating either next year or the one after that, me included. I don't want goth getting too mainstream anyways though. I like the fact that we are a minority. We won't dissapear completely. I'm fairly certain of that.

I would have to say that over the past few years the number of mallgoths has dwindled immensely.

Back when I was in elementary and middle school I remember that whenever I went to the mall I was sure to spot several groups of mall-goths there, however now, on the rare occassions that I go to the mall, I don't usually see many, if any are there at all.

However, I must agree that the population of legitimate goths has likely never dwindled, and on top of that, many legitimate goths don't dress to play the part.


As for my school and my region, my school has only three gothy students (so far as I'm aware), out of a body of about 2000 students. Theres one girl whom I have not spoken to, but from my observations I believe that she is a legitimate goth. There's second gothy student who is a mallgoth. Alongside those two there's me. I don't know where I fit in... I suppose that I'm just me, and I'm happy with that.

As for my region, there really aren't many, no matter where you go, unless you go to Salem (as in, Salem Massachusetts)... then you're likely to see quite a few goths, though they're still a pretty small minority.

Goths are a small minority everywhere, really. However, virtually any place you go will have at least some goths.

Hell, in a school of 2,000 students, you probably have at least one goth teacher.

The real question is: are BLACK goths/emos an endagered species? I don't think that I've seen another black goth, accept for my friend Lindsey and this grungy kid who looks like a gay vagabond. So...yeah. Black goths are endangered.