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Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by cornholio on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:34AM (#16707353)
As we have all learned from reality-TV, a good quarter of the units are choke-full with anything but junk: you will find sculpted furniture in pristine condition, civil war artifacts, expensive professional equipment and tens of thousands of dollars in rare baseball cards. The industry must be really struggling to provide adequate security.
Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by JoeAltmaier on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:37AM (#16707389)
But they show only the cream of the crop. never gonna air that episode where they found water-logged bundles of newspapers, old Byte magazines in mouse-chewed boxes and a raccoon mummy.
Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by lfowles on Thursday March 29, 2018 @12:28PM (#16708352)
They're also not going to show the storage units that students use to hold furniture while they go off for a summer internship elsewhere.
Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by kazagistar on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:47AM (#16707486)
Dunno, that too would make for some compelling TV drama.
Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by jiveturkey on Thursday March 29, 2018 @11:26AM (#16707795)
your sarcasm filter is broken
Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by JoeAltmaier on Thursday March 29, 2018 @11:26AM (#16707803)
yeah its harder in print to detect. If it had been a tad more over the top I would have got it!
Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by rokhayakebe on Thursday March 29, 2018 @06:37PM (#16711793)
America Junk Season 4 debuts tonight at 9PM EST.

Alternative titles: Junk in America, or Billion Dollar Junk

Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by the-dude on Thursday March 29, 2018 @12:08PM (#16708160)
I once watched an episode with a unit full of money ( on a pallet ).
Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by tonyedgecombe on Thursday March 29, 2018 @01:07PM (#16708744)
I think that was Breaking Bad.
Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by jessaustin on Thursday March 29, 2018 @07:45PM (#16712303)
No it was The Shield... I guess this a common trope?
Re:How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry by the-dude on Friday March 30, 2018 @01:35PM (#16718103)
No, it was Breaking Bad.