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Ed Pawlowski[_3_]

On 5/19/2021 10:54 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 19 May 2021 20:20:28 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 19 May 2021 19:06:38 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

AARP magazine has an article about self storage units. I guess as a
society we like out junk and are willing to pay to keep it. The US has
90% of the storage places in the world.
One in 10 household rent space. Total of 1.9 billion sq. ft.
Average rental is 15.8 months
Six of 10 boomers visit the storage unit one a month
In a recent year. 1550,000 units were auctioned off for non payment and
abandoned.
As a society I guess we put a lot of effort into keeping crap. I would
never keep that much and when we moved about 2 1/2 years ago made many
grips to Salvation Army.
even after moving, I still got rid of stuff.

We filled a 10 x 10 - in a climate-controlled warehouse -
when we were having the basement gutted and re-done.
We donated a lot of stuff before renting it and some more
afterwards. I was very pleased to see no sign of bugs or vermin
after almost a year in storage.
We didn't want a U-store-It delivered to the driveway over the
winter - snow drifts would have been a problem.
It was ~ $ 120. per month so I can't imagine people paying that
to store junk for a long time !
John T.

I rented a Pod when we remodeled the kitchen and living room and I
ended up throwing almost all of it away. It is amazing when you
actually look at the stuff you save, how much is really trash.

Oh, forgot that. Had a dumpster for a week and filled that first. 40
years of accumulation