The recent post about wide trail shoes got me thinking. My favorite hiking shoe is the Montrail Hardrock wide size 11. My question is-why do I have to get the wide size to get a proper fit? When I measure my foot with the Brannock device at the sporting goods store I get a D width-that's not wide, that's normal. When I get normal width cheap shoes for around town, they seem too narrow. I mail ordered some expensive normal width Saucony running shoes and had to return them for being too narrow. Are people's feet getting narrower as time goes on? Is a D width now considered wide? Is the Brannock device out of date? Are shoe companies saving costs by making shoes narrower. Am I going crazy and imagining all this?