> The idea of paying rent to store things you'd never use to our grandparents was insanity. (It still is imho). The only time I've rented a storage unit was la

> The idea of paying rent to store things you'd never use to our grandparents was insanity. (It still is imho). The only time I've rented a storage unit was last time I moved. We sold the apartment and could not move into the new house until two months later, so we stored all our stuff in a unit close to the new house and stayed at our (very old, tiny and inherited) summer house for the duration. So they have their use, but I can't imagine having one permanently. My daughter is in a brass band (they're quite common here in Norway), and we participate organising flee markets to raise money for the band and the amount of stuff people give us to sell is insane. I'm not surprised at all by what you're writing.