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I read something like that recently you might like: > The great junk transfer is coming. A look at the burden (and big business) of decluttering as Canadians i

I read something like that recently you might like: > The great junk transfer is coming. A look at the burden (and big business) of decluttering as Canadians inherit piles of their parents’ stuff. Sorting, storing and disposing of old family belongings will be a labour-intensive challenge in the next decade as baby boomers age. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-the-great-junk-transfer-inheritance-decluttering-canada/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-the-great-jun...

password4321 4y ago
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31499766 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31499766
Gigachad 4y ago
Doesn't seem like as big of a problem as people make it out to be. You hire a skip and move the vast majority of stuff in to it over a weekend. Maybe garage sale off the stuff that has some value.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Renting a roll off or even a normal dumpster is something everyone should do every few years, anyway.
  - Gigachad 4y ago
    I have to question what people are doing where they can fill a whole dumpster with junk every few years. Perhaps buying less crap would be a good start.
    - throwaway1777 4y ago
      100% agree. It is NOT normal to need a dumpster every few years…
ogennadi 4y ago
Here's a sci-fi story about tech-assisted cataloging of parent's stuff "Using this kind of technology on a living human’s home would be a gross invasion of privacy. But if you use it in the home of someone who’s died alone, it just improves a process that was bound to take place in any event. Working with Infinite Space, you can even use the inventory as a checklist, value all assets using current eBay blue-book prices, divide them algorithmically or manually, even turn it into a packing and shipping manifest you can give to movers, telling them what you want sent where. It’s like full-text search for a house." https://www.iftf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/th/ByHisThingsWillYouKnowHim_CoryDoctorow_forIFTF.pdf https://www.iftf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/th/ByHi...
dmje 4y ago
Thanks for that - brilliant article, resonated a lot with me and my situation!

password4321 4y ago

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31499766 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31499766

Gigachad 4y ago

Doesn't seem like as big of a problem as people make it out to be. You hire a skip and move the vast majority of stuff in to it over a weekend. Maybe garage sale off the stuff that has some value.

bombcar 4y ago
Renting a roll off or even a normal dumpster is something everyone should do every few years, anyway.
- Gigachad 4y ago
  I have to question what people are doing where they can fill a whole dumpster with junk every few years. Perhaps buying less crap would be a good start.
  - throwaway1777 4y ago
    100% agree. It is NOT normal to need a dumpster every few years…

ogennadi 4y ago

Here's a sci-fi story about tech-assisted cataloging of parent's stuff "Using this kind of technology on a living human’s home would be a gross invasion of privacy. But if you use it in the home of someone who’s died alone, it just improves a process that was bound to take place in any event. Working with Infinite Space, you can even use the inventory as a checklist, value all assets using current eBay blue-book prices, divide them algorithmically or manually, even turn it into a packing and shipping manifest you can give to movers, telling them what you want sent where. It’s like full-text search for a house." https://www.iftf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/th/ByHisThingsWillYouKnowHim_CoryDoctorow_forIFTF.pdf https://www.iftf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/th/ByHi...

dmje 4y ago

Thanks for that - brilliant article, resonated a lot with me and my situation!