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Re:Fashion industry emits more carbon than flights and marit... by ip26 on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:00PM (#21319674)
FWIW I've heard storage units are not necessarily a super profitable business, instead they are a low overhead operation to cover the property tax on land in the outskirts that you're sitting on waiting for appreciation as the city grows. So they only have make up the cost of the cinderblocks to be worthwhile.
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Re:Fashion industry emits more carbon than flights and marit... by TylerE on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:35PM (#21319894)
I don't really believe that as in many places you're starting to see multi-level facilities with as many as 5-6 layers of units. That ain't cinderblocks.
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Re:Fashion industry emits more carbon than flights and marit... by ip26 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @01:15AM (#21320552)
Alright, then perhaps I am wrong (or out of date). I'd not seen nor heard of these six story high facilities, my lord.
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Re:Fashion industry emits more carbon than flights and marit... by Nasrudith on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @04:17AM (#21321334)
I have seen those only heading into cities near the outskirts. I also didn't get why they weren't apartments.
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Re:Fashion industry emits more carbon than flights and marit... by bikezen on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:11AM (#21324514)
In California at least, prop 13 lets them operate without having to worry about rising property taxes in areas where otherwise there could (and probably should) be housing.
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Re:Fashion industry emits more carbon than flights and marit... by Broken_Hippo on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @06:09AM (#21321952)
I knew of a dude that had a couple of the storage facilities. I guess the facilities themselves had a slim profit margin, but he could auction off the contents when folks didn't pay - which partially made up for the margin. Granted, this was mid-size midwestern city, so the land cost wasn't as high.
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Re:Fashion industry emits more carbon than flights and marit... by maxerickson on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @07:33AM (#21322454)
Around here there are storage units that are miles away from everything.

(A county with a population of ~40,000, there's no short term time frame where growth will reach the spots where they are built)

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Re:Fashion industry emits more carbon than flights and marit... by mathgladiator on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:41AM (#21320437)
I helped cofound a marketing vertical in this space, and they are extremely profitable if managed and marketed well.
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