Anybody else experienced a marked mental shift in the last 6 months, being suddenly more willing to own more stuff? I used to be a strong "lean home" person who hated every added kilogram of matter. Now I'm much more willing to own stuff. And not just pandemic-resilence stuff.
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I think covid has triggered a more general rematerialization wave for a significant number of people in the US. It's not just inventory people are stocking up on for supply chain vagaries. It's a more general willingness to own things. Home depot is up 30% in foot traffic.
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Starts with space... huge quality of life improvement to have an extra bedroom that I converted into a full office. Kitchen still cramped and had to buy an island and still need a bit more space. But I'm now willing to accept burden of more stuff, and space to put it in.
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Admittedly I've been big gainer in this apartment move... wife is a bit mad that I'm so much happier now while she's gained less. But then, I was the one who was spending hours a day at starbucks or an office/coworking space for a decade. Home office was just a storage space.
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Our balcony is an interesting case study. In previous apt we had a big balcony and bought outdoor furniture to put in it, but barely used it... until covid. Then I was spending a ton of time on it. So having balcony in new apartment was a must. Outdoor furniture now live asset.
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Rematerialization = fat home/fat last mile. Reversal of a decade of leaning out which itself followed a couple of decades of fattening up with mcmansions etc.
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