The college paper I worked at had a darkroom and upon graduation I had a home darkroom for 4 years, stuffed into various apartment closets. Honestly it’s kinda of a pain, there is the enlarger (not cheap), the timer, chemicals (the fixer I think was somewhat nasty). Then you look at the prints after they’ve dried and you notice the dust spots.

Not to mention the fact that the negative contains more dynamic range than the print, so often your dodging and burning the image to adjust.

Though I miss the magic of a photo appearing on a piece of paper when printing, I kinda don’t miss a lot about the process.