Prog and the younger generation

No, I don't think that it is dead and I believe that it is growing steadily. Many progressive bands that have somewhat more mainstream appeal, such as Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree, are getting more popular and getting more exposure to kids who need something different from the normal mainstream drivel.

As a young person myself, I realized that I really didn't like what I was listening to and rejected the music of my generation and look backward for something better. All it took was a few listens to a somewhat more mainstream prog band Rush to get me set straight on the path of prog. Ever since then I have converted many of my friends to listening to prog and other prog related bands. I don't find that the word Progressive has the negative connotation that it once held long ago. When I tell people that I listen to prog they just accept it and move on.

I think that prog is not dead with today's youth, it's just in a different form and presentation then it was thirty years ago.

No. I don't think the number of teenagers who turn to prog (or just listen - you don't have to really be converted to a kind of music, for crying out loud) isn't outright negative.

If plainly at the level of experience, I've got no prog friend in my hometown, so in my close life, but overall have corresponded with numerous young proggers.