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Author here. I might very well be the outlier :) These remarks help break my bubble and put things in a broader perspective. For context, I'm a 41-year-old fath
by hoverfalt 6y ago
Author here. I might very well be the outlier :) These remarks help break my bubble and put things in a broader perspective. For context, I'm a 41-year-old father of two, living and working in central Helsinki, Finland.
Working in Canada one summer, I recall people often asking why I had some many shoes :)
As to the rather large amount of clothes, some items are at my summer house (most Finns have a summer house to go hide in). This inflates total inventory.
- chewz 6y agoWell people who live in milder climates do not understand the needs of harsher/more varied climate ;-) I have been living for a few years in SE Asia - happy times - shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops mostly. But here in Central Europe (Poland) where we really have 5-6 seasons (early Spring being different from Spring and early Fall from late Fall) and the amount of clothing and shoes you need is insane. You generally need different type of shoes/pants for each season and then at least a double (nice ones and ordinary ones). So different shoes/pants/jackets/etc. for strong Winter, mild Winter, early Spring and late Spring, early Fall and late Fall, hot Summer and rainy Summer etc. It accumulates even of you are not wearing all in one year.