re: Self storage - an American phenomenon

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Sometimes you don't have room and don't want to part with stuff. Especially solid wood furniture that was handed down or inherited. The plan is always to expand or move which ends up never happening.

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This was my parents, we grew up poor in a small house, so they kept a storage unit full of furniture or even some of their wedding gifts to use when they eventually purchased a new house, which they did. 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.

shite like this is why I'm the exact opposite, if I have an item or something I haven't used in about 6 months I either sell it or get rid of it. I hate clutter and hanging on to unused crap.