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The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities

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michael_michael · 1789675260 · focus · HN ↗
Near my house I saw two large blocky buildings being constructed on a main thoroughfare. Different construction companies, but within about 100 yards of each other.
"Fantastic!", I thought. New apartment buildings. That means new restaurants, stores, and other conveniences. Not to mention desperately-needed housing.
I'll never forget my despair upon learning that they were BOTH going to be large multi-level self-storage facilities.
1. aryadee · 1789675475 · focus · HN ↗
  Don’t dox yourself but this sounds just like Irvine, CA. It feels like every two years I see a new track of homes + block storage facilities being built
  1. officeplant · 1789677444 · focus · HN ↗
    I'm on the other side of the country, and I can watch new super deluxe drive-thru carwashes being built with a storage facility neighbor.
    The crazy part being two blocks over is a competing super deluxe-carwash with storage facility neighbor.
    At this point my city is up to dozens of these pairs of property squatting businesses.
2. 2OEH8eoCRo0 · 1789676577 · focus · HN ↗
  My childhood baseball field is now a self-storage.
3. tobinfekkes · 1789681452 · focus · HN ↗
  This was exactly Mount Vernon, Washington. I was so disappointed.
  1. kridsdale1 · 1789681965 · focus · HN ↗
    About half of Whidbey Island.
4. pavel_lishin · 1789686808 · focus · HN ↗
  Yeah, but consider! There's a high likelihood that they'll still be housing for someone.
  1. 59percentmore · 1789714259 · focus · HN ↗
    "You can't live in those, there's no indoor plumbing!"
    Buddy let me tell you about 99% of human existence.

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