You measure other people only by your own means. For example I don't care about any furniture my parents had, it was ugly and it sucked. Not going into "fine c

You measure other people only by your own means. For example I don't care about any furniture my parents had, it was ugly and it sucked. Not going into "fine china" or whatever crap my mother used to hoard. When I move between flats, I might reuse some furniture but a lot of it I would have to sell. I would lose loads of money if I would buy expensive furniture and then sell it for 70% of what I paid for, I don't even think I could get that much for used furniture, probably 50% would be more realistic. Cheap IKEA I can basically give away and not have to haggle for price with cheapskates over the phone (mental health toll for me is too high if I have to sell something). If it is broken I can dump it and since it is cardboard it probably will not be that bad for environment. If someone is having steady life conditions for next 20 years then he can afford "life time" items. With current situation I would not count on that and I'd rather have stuff that I can easily dispose/give away in case I have to move to smaller apartment because I cannot afford current one anymore. Owning things also has its costs, like if I am renting flat and have shitty neighbors I can just move to other place. When I would own a flat I am stuck with whatever comes my way.