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This is also about a change from living in houses with some real estate to living in small boxes stacked on top of each other in a dense city. Depending on you
by ThinkBeat 4y ago
This is also about a change from living in houses with some
real estate to living in small boxes stacked on top of each other
in a dense city.
Depending on your family history and where you live maybe this
transition was done a generation before, or even longer, but
for many who have parents and grand parents this is the shift
from houses in more rural areas, or houses with a garden and some
space to dense urban living.
People in small, stacked boxes do not like stuff because there is
little space for stuff.
They are trained to rent everything.
Box, music, movies, games, car, bike, scooter, sports equipment,
tools, a space for parties, coffee, cooking, books, photo albums,
Less common: furniture, clothing
Perhaps in a few decades what a new generation will leave behind is nothing.
Some will say that is great.
People in small, stacked boxes more than others.
I think it is a tragedy.
There is real wealth that is transferred, but there is so much more.
A mosaic of how your parents lived, their culture, what they learned,
and what they treasured.
My father's rich record collection.
From a different time and place.
A time capsule.
Books, some have been handed down in generations.
Most now impossible to buy.
Tools of all sorts.
Some have old and well used and still working and
great to own if you have a house with some property.
All is stuff and stuff is junk now.
Your grandchildren will have no idea about how you lived and what you experienced. There will be no record collection, books, tools.
I do live in a small, stacked box myself and these things I find tragic.
Others will find freedom.