Quote - I generally only do real-world oriented pics (with a few exceptions), and I've had very little difficulty locating real-world props, etc when I needed them.

I'm still looking for a great 3d garage scene somewhere, with lifts and autos and toolboxes.  :)

The OP isn't completely wrong, but I'm not sure quitting is the solution.  Depends on how badly you want to be part of the change - personally I see opportunity where you are seeing a void.  I'm working hard to get up to speed on Maya, zbrush and Shade.  I want to make scenery and props that will be useful for all sorts of personal or commercial applications - and because I'm a geek that way so it'll give me some pleasure. :)

I'm coming from a perspective that goes back to Poser 2, Paintshop and the old Truespace, then to Second Life and back to Poser 7 with Maya and Photoshop CS3.  Second Life has a lot of similarites to Poser in terms of the look of the avatars and the things people want to do with them (the cheesiness and the low rez look aside).  But what I hear the OP saying is very much what a lot of people have said about Second Life - it's overrun with Barbie Dolls, and my unscientific guess is that about 70% of the merchant content there targets those Barbie Dolls with hoochie hair, stilleto heels, stripper outfits and sex animations.

That's the way of the world, though.  It's not just that sex sells, it's the reasons sex sells - sex is a basic, powerul human urge and we tend to find ways to express it in just about any venue.

The solution?  I look at Second Life and see the imaginative vehicles, the incredible architecture and the impressive scripting talents on display that get most of the press and less of the individual resident attention.  There's a lot of good there to go along with the schlock.

Why should Poser and Rendo be exempt from standard human behavior?  This place to me is like a fun scavenger hunt - I have to dig past the same-old-same-old to find the unique, imaginative stuff.  And if I don't find it, well there's another opportunity for me to work on filling a void.   I think I can do just fine coexisting with all the Barbie stuff.  They don't have to be mutually exclusive.