Mopar Nats or Carlisle?

Like I said earlier, I have been to almost every Carlile and Nationals since they started. Over the years the Carlile show seems to be pretty steady in what it offers. The Nationals over the past 10 years or so in my opinion has declined a little with not as many vendors in the swap meet and over half of them will pack up and leave on Saturday. The other problem is that Brice Road used to be a fun cruise spot but now its a police hot zone so you have to be careful what you do. There has always been a seedy undercurrent at the Nats of people getting drunk and doing burnouts in motel parking lots but that's not a show sanctioned event and we cant hold that against the Nationals( just don't stay in those motels) I have always been a swap meet vendor so I look at everything from that angle. I know over the last 10 years that carlile has really gotten harder to set up at because of the Tax people lurking around the show like the gestapo. The Nats is an easier place to be a vendor but the volume of customers is less than half. As far as taking family to the Nationals, my son has been going to them since he was 18 months old. We never had any problems with kids being at the show, they always seem to have a great time. Now he's 21 and hangs out at the Viper tent with his buddies in the Viper club and they are a tight knit group of people who always treated him with a great deal of respect.