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I think the generation or so of kids (myself included) who missed out on tabletop games and the old text-based adventure games for the Apple and IBM in the '80's just missed muds entirely for the most part, never having one of the earlier two to find muds by association. And anyone younger than that just gets further and further away from the concept.
It really is a shame, like depot said, because most MUD's are free and you don't have to pour your life savings into a computer to have fun with other people.
If I was a keyboarding teacher in some high school I think I'd let my students play muds in their spare time as extra credit, partly because of all the typing involved, but mostly just to try to introduce them to something they might start doing on their own. If anything, they'd get the n-e-s-w keys down.
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