I was born and raised in England but retired to Central France in 2015 where the houses and wine are cheaper! At the time the British Model Flying Association had over 36,000 members. Now it has "almost 30,000 members."

The French equivalent had 26,000 members.at that time. By 2017 the number had dropped to 22,000.

Nuf said!

https://www.ffam.asso.fr/fr/ffam/presentation.html

https://bmfa.org/about-us