Local Club Dilemma

[scottmitchell74]

I have a number of dilemmas; some are practical and some are my problem.

Local clubs can seem like a good place to try things out,learn, etc...

The local club here though is mostly HO.
They have a small N Scale layout, but so do I. Soon I'll have two.

Dues - $240/year may be cheap, but that's a couple locos or other needed stock.

Building and maintaining at the club. I enjoy working on my layouts, but for some difficult (to me) tasks I only have so much bandwidth, and I'd like to use that time/energy on my projects.

Finally. I've attempted to socialize with this group before. 
I'm socially awkward enough as it is. It's too much dorkiness in one place!!  I feel like a jerk but I can't handle the... oddness.

Anyhow. Just a discussion with the only people on earth I can run this by.

It seems that in the UK these clubs are a bigger deal and more successful. 

[njee20]

Clubs have never appealed to me. There are two nearby, but my schedule doesn't really work with meetings, and frankly unless they were going to model exactly what I wanted (which I'd not expect) I don't see why I wouldn't just work on my own stuff.

I can talk about toy trains on here, or with various friends I've largely met on the internet.

Just doesn't do it for me.

[Bealman]

Yes, I was a member of a club for 10 years,  but then there were marriage issues and I became separated, and lost interest in the club. Even though my wife and I are back together these days, I never rejoined the club - the interest was lost. I know for a fact that some members have passed away, so I doubt the club even exists anymore. It was exclusively N gauge, too.