It's everywhere. I think it's a general erosion of the once great American work ethic.
For decades I've done everything myself, along with a friend who passed away suddenly recently.
Now I've been to 3 local mechanics lately and none of them did anything. A guy right across the street basically refused to do what I asked on 2 different vehicles because it was too much work. (Exhaust on one and suspension stuff on the other)
Another guy let my Wrangler sit on his lot untouched for a week, then got nasty when I picked it up. The third guy took a look at what I was talking about and just said "Sorry, I'm going to have to punt". WTH?
In all cases these were all fairly simple jobs that I ended up doing myself but took time to get around to and took me a lot longer because I don't have the tools and equipment they do.
I've decided to just invest in some better tools and hope my 52 year old knees, shoulders and back can hack.
Side note: I spent a few hours crawling around under my Wagoneer in the driveway when it was 20 something degrees and snowing just to avoid dealing with these bums.