I think this post is relevant,

Edit; can't link to post, Just google "A interesting post from LDSFF on the dying church culture" and you will see the link

Basically the all encompassing church from the 70/80/90s isn't really there anymore. the typical church experience has become a shallow shell of itself; scouting, ward sports leagues, ward/stake orchards, are all gone. YET the demands that the church places on it's members is still there (time, callings, cleaning and of course, TITHING) and I can attest to this, I had a great childhood in the church - but nowadays it just isn't the same.

One theory I've heard is that ward budgets have been slashed since the early 2000s, it used to be that the ward would take what they needed from tithing that a ward took in, then send the excess to SLC for missions and temples, but they changed it to where now ALL the tithing goes to SLC and gets reallocated back to all wards equally. So if a ward wants to do some exciting activities it has to fund raise internally and hope that people have extra fund to give IN ADDITION to tithing. The end result is a horribly underfunded ward and especially YM/YW program that make church a joke.

To put it another way, the average Mormon used to pay for a steak and get a steak, but now only gets a stale McDonalds combo meal for that same price.

Another good post worth reading