artyboy123
Senior Member
I see this trend all over the GTA, with numerous self-storage company facilities popping up.
America has 2.1 billion square feet of self-storage — enough to cover 34,000 football fields.
The city of Kenosha, Wisconsin 14 storage businesses for a town of just under 100,000 people. Nearly 13% of U.S. households rent a unit, and there’s now 6 square feet of storage for every person in the country. No other nation comes close.In this video, we break down how self-storage became a near-perfect business model — from low staffing and quick evictions to aggressive rent hikes and insurance tricks — and why cities across the U.S. are now trying to ban new facilities. The boom is finally starting to backfire, and the story behind it reveals a lot about how America moves, builds, and buys way too much stuff.
America has 2.1 billion square feet of self-storage — enough to cover 34,000 football fields.
The city of Kenosha, Wisconsin 14 storage businesses for a town of just under 100,000 people. Nearly 13% of U.S. households rent a unit, and there’s now 6 square feet of storage for every person in the country. No other nation comes close.In this video, we break down how self-storage became a near-perfect business model — from low staffing and quick evictions to aggressive rent hikes and insurance tricks — and why cities across the U.S. are now trying to ban new facilities. The boom is finally starting to backfire, and the story behind it reveals a lot about how America moves, builds, and buys way too much stuff.
