No, it matters not one bit (to me, anyway). As much as I'd like a few more "new" lenses in my arsenal, I'd rather go with refurbished or used but well-cared for lenses to save the bucks. As for servicing, I have never, in 50 years of photography, needed a lens serviced. So "support" or availability of parts has never been an issue. I suspect that the older lenses are likely built better than the newer ones, anyway, and will probably last longer. I'm speaking about Nikon/Nikkor lenses and not the "third-party" brands, which ARE made better today than they have been in the past.

I would subscribe to a "Travel Section" if there was one. Quite often people ask questions regarding travel to a certain location and there will be a response that has information about something I did not know existed or was available. One such recent post by UTMike was about Dead Horse Point and the yurts that are available there for camping ( https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-711364-1.html ) which I was not aware of before reading his post.

Sure, people may still ask questions like this in the Main Photography section, and will probably continue to do so. But, a travel section could be worthwhile by having that info located in a section that is dedicated to travel.