<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

I am in a Local South Florida Band and we are trying to make a name for ourselves in the music world.I have been in local rock bands on and off for about the last 10 years and this is and has always been an impossible challenge in our local environment since the Audience in South Florida is very diverse and the local market for Rock and Roll seems to be on a steady decline. This idea is easily illustrated through the fact that of the 3-5 local rock stations we had only 10 years ago (2 classic rock and 3 new rock) only one new rock station and 1 classic rock station remain. while the old stations are playing "easy listening" and Spanish/ pop/ dance music, it's somewhat of a depressing time for the local rock musician.

sure some venues still exist, and if you hustle hard enough you're sure to gain some sort of following, but with the recent trend of charging $12 and up for a local showcase of young groups and less and less venues catering to any local music and instead relying on vacationers and local cover bands to fill their cash registers, it seems less and less needed that there be any place for this sort of activity.

After that the next issue would be that the south Florida crowds tend to be Jaded or uncaring of the scene they represent. Gobs of concert goers show up to a 5 band headline to see 1 band, hardly clap or get involved with the show, show little to no appreciation and leave once the group they came to see is done. This sort of behavior mixed with lack of good venues and the Incredible pain in the ass it is to travel the length of our Long and flat state to have to turn around and do it again to get out of the state makes it hard to even get decent touring acts down here. 

All of these factors combined leads to a mundane, difficult to maintain music scene with very temperamental fans and a semi negative attitude towards rock in general.

My question is whether other musicians in other states have it better, or if this is the overall state of rock at this moment in time.

Please share examples and thoughts.
<bot>: Rock music is declining in south FL, is this happening in other communities? If yes please share, if NO please tell me where you are so we can move there.