Saturday, October 03, 2020

How The Self-Storage Industry Conquered America




There are about 50,000 self-storage facilities in the US. How did that ever happen? Sure, it's a great way to make money, mostly passively, if you have a place to put one of these businesses. But why are they so popular? And why do we have so much stuff that we have to rent a place to put it all? Cheddar explains. (via Digg)

2 comments:

Bicycle Bill said...

"And why do we have so much stuff that we have to rent a place to put it all?"

Google "George Carlin + A Place For My Stuff" for the answer.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

The bottom line is that people have too much goddamn junk.