The real truth is that young, old, rich or poor serve up some good football and the fans will respond. No one ever complains about the atmosphere when we are smashing teams.Yep. I don't think you can make sweeping generalisations. There are good and bad old fans and good and bad young fans.
I made a suggestion earlier in the thread that they should consider making OAP/Concession only stands.
I've also seen so many people looking back at Old White Hart Lane and reinventing how great it was, I remember scores of games where you could hear a pin drop. I've sat in a half-empty stadium watching Europa League games.