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> Almost 10 percent of American households are renting at least one storage space, often for an overflow of stuff, according to a 2015-16 Self Storage Industry
by tetrep 3y ago
> Almost 10 percent of American households are renting at least one storage space, often for an overflow of stuff, according to a 2015-16 Self Storage Industry Fact Sheet. It is now possible for every American to stand comfortably, at the same time, under the total canopy of self-storage roofing.
I was just reading an article about America's booming storage industry, and now I wonder how much of the boom comes from storage "addicts," similar to how a substantial portion of gambling and alcohol industry revenue comes from a relatively small subset of addicts.
- ghaff 3y agoI suspect that a lot of people rent storage spaces against the day when they'll have "more space" or "have the time to sort through their stuff." And that day never comes or, worse, they move and now they're paying for storage space in an inconvenient location that they'll need to make a project to go to and open up. Nothing wrong with storage lockers for a specific purpose but a lot of people have them because they have too much stuff and put it in a locker absent any real plan.