Why Do People Use Self-Storage Facilities?

[Evo]

My daughter uses her car as a mobile storage unit. When she decided to drive some friends to Austin 2 months ago, she cleaned out her "car". She found a birthday present MIH has sent me two years earlier, jewelry, money, her High School diploma! She turns 24 next month! It was like a time capsule.

 

[lisab]

Anyone remember George Carlin and stuff.

That was awesome! Carlin is truly immortal.

 

[Evo]

Anyone remember George Carlin and stuff.

That's great!

 

[edward]

This thread makes me feel much better about myself. I don't have a self storage unit, but my entire house is filled with future project "items". It is one of those wacky; "He's got a two foot pathway throughout his entire house" kind of places.

My brother stopped by a few years ago to give me a ride to the airport, took a look into my house from the front entrance, and said only one thing; "You have to die last."

LOL those future project "items" certainly do accumulate. At my age I have already completed a lot of projects, but I saved left over items from past projects because they might come in handy with future projects.

 

[QuarkCharmer]

When I was in the military I would pack up all my things into a self storage whenever I was deployed. It essentially meant an extra thousand dollars each month that I was not spending on rent while I was gone, and buying a house with such a tentative lifestyle was out of the question (what if I had to move permanently and could not sell/rent etc).

My many things are with me now, but if I ever decided that I need to save more money I would pack most of my junk off to storage and find a room for rent or something.

I couldn't imagine "owning" a home, and still using storage facilities though. At that point I think that "you just have more stuff than you need, and/or purchased too small of a home".

 

[OmCheeto]

When I was in the military...

Oh my god. To go back there and then... For the first 3 years in the military, everything I owned fit in a single duffel bag.