re: Self storage - an American phenomenon

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You don’t need it now. It would be cheaper to buy brand new furniture later.

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This is my line of thinking.

You could buy some damn nice furniture and more for the $200/month you were paying while away for however many years.

And let's be real. How many women finally moving into a new purchased home even want to go back to the old stuff they stored away years ago?

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However, by the time they did go to use some of that stuff much if it was dated, about all I remember them using was some of the China and dishware my mom still had new in the box. They kept that unit probably 15 years or more when I was a kid and ended up throwing away probably 95% of the contents.

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Exactly. Unless you are only using the unit while you're between places for a short term, you are unlikely to actually use the contents in many situations.