Are lawnmowers built worse than 20 years ago?

Honda all the way!! Yes the one with the plastic deck. Toro's are pure garbage now.

I have a 1972 Snapper rider like the one in Forrest Gump :) . Still going-going-going!

My Dad just retired from Home Depot where he serviced rental equipment and worked on so many Briggs engines. They are no longer the quality they once were.