We're All Hoarders Now - Do We Have Too Much Stuff???

ScienceChic
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27 Dec 2011 17:44 #1 by ScienceChic

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This is an older article, but the stats fascinated me.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2007/07 ... organizing
We're All Hoarders Now
A nation of pack rats scrambles to store its junk.
—By Elizabeth Gettelman
| Wed Jul. 4, 2007

1 in 11 households rents storage space—1 million more households than two years ago.

80% of Americans believe they would be more satisfied if they were neater.

The National Association of Professional Organizers claims that Americans spend 55 minutes a day looking for things they know they own but can't find.

4 in 5 new homes have multicar garages. Most two-car garages have one or no car in them.

The average American fridge is twice as big as its European counterpart.

"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill

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jf1acai
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27 Dec 2011 18:46 #2 by jf1acai

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Yeah, I have too much stuff.

The problem is, as soon as I get rid of some stuff, I need that stuff, and have to buy that stuff again! So, I don't like to get rid of stuff.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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ScienceChic
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27 Dec 2011 19:00 #3 by ScienceChic

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Need's a pretty strong word there jf1!

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jf1acai
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27 Dec 2011 20:09 #4 by jf1acai

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LOL, I don't need it just to store it, I only store it in case I need it.

When I need it, it is to fix something that broke!

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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pacamom
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27 Dec 2011 21:25 #5 by pacamom

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My two car garage actually has two cars in it! And a 500 gallon water tank, and a huge work bench and a work table, a freezer and the litter box and some other much needed stuff.

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FredHayek
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28 Dec 2011 10:46 #6 by FredHayek

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We have one whole bedroom that is nothing but storage. I am going to blame it on the ease of internet ordering. I was needing a Santa hat last week and rather take the time to go into storage, I just bought a new one to make the problem worse.

Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.

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cydl
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28 Dec 2011 12:01 #7 by cydl

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Man, don't get me started! When we moved to our present house we must have made 20 + trips to Goodwill and rented a roll-off dumpster! You would think we have a lost less stuff but nooooo....I think we could do it all over again! We are a little better than we were.

Did I say we just got home from Home Depot where we bought a bunch of shelving for the garage???

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