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The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities

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  1. dcdc123 · · focus · HN ↗
    I live in a small downtown condo. I don't have room to store a whole lot of extra stuff but I also have hobbies like camping, watersports, etc. I keep all of that stuff in a storage unit and I access it fairly often. Since I have it I also use it to save all the boxes for my electronics (77" OLED is impossible to move safely without original box for example), car maintenance stuff, larger tools I use less frequently, etc. It is about 3 minutes drive 10 minute walk from my house. I definitely do not use it to hoard stuff I will never touch again.
    1. Havoc · · focus · HN ↗
      >77" OLED is impossible to move safely without original box for example)

      Exactly same here - well curved super ultrawide. Without the curved box styrofoam it can't move. Though in hindsight it was a bad deal...at ~60 bucks a month I could have replaced the screen...

      1. rconti · · focus · HN ↗
        my 10 year old 75" TV cost me upwards of $70, probably $100, to move across town -- at the cost of the boxes and packing material and labor the movers provided.

        When I move again in a few months I think I'll just throw it in the back of my SUV and hope it doesn't break.

        1. lokar · · focus · HN ↗
          I moved my large tv cross country twice. The movers build a wooden and cardboard crate for it. Very safe.
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