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People leave a lot of perfectly good stuff at the curb sometimes, when moving or decluttering their homes.

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Examples

Furniture, both new & old
Appliances
Clothes
Food (...)( especially nonperishables like spices & tea )

Reasons

Having to empty an apartment before moving out
Having to empty a house before selling it
- Sometimes this is even codified into contracts with a real estate agent
- Other times it's just a social norm: It's considered "bad etiquette" to leave anything in the home when selling.
Not having time ~ to take everything when moving out
~ to bring things to charities or thrift stores
Not having space ~ either in the moving truck, or in the new dwelling
~ or in the current dwelling, in the case of decluttering
Not having ability ~ to move heavy things
~ to hire movers
~ etc.

Solutions

Quick fixes
- Furniture banks
- Stuff huts
Deep / cultural shifts needed
- Normalize the idea of hand-me-downs from one ↻homeowner↺↻tenant↺ to the next.
- Campaign against contracts~ with real estate brokers, in the case of homeownership
  ~ with landlords, in the case of apartment rental that force people to empty their ↻homes before selling↺↻apartments before moving out↺.

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-People leave a lot of perfectly good stuff at the curb sometimes, when moving or decluttering their homes.
+People leave a lot of perfectly good stuff at the curb sometimes, when '''moving''' or '''decluttering''' their homes.
-Examples
+{{minor|''Pictures will be added to this page soon.''}}
-* Furniture
+'''Examples'''
+* Furniture, both new & old
+* [[Appliances]]
 * Clothes
-* Spices & tea
+* [[Food]] {{x|especially nonperishables like spices & tea}}
-* [[Appliances]]
+'''Reasons'''
+* Having to empty an apartment before moving out
+* Having to empty a house before selling it
+** Sometimes this is even codified into contracts with a real estate agent
+** Other times it's just a social norm: It's considered "bad etiquette" to leave anything in the home when selling. <!--This is quite frankly ridiculous, because somebody could use that stuff, and [[thrift shops]] are already overloaded typically. Why ditch a perfectly good table when the person moving in probably needs a table anyway; especially new homeowners are going to need more furniture than they had in their last place. Why not re-use instead of buy new? Consumerism is so ingrained in our culture that you can't even talk to the [people moving] about re-use without sounding crazy. This an example of how middle-class personal choices can fuck the planet just as bad as billionaires.-->
+* Not having time{{linespacer}}{{p|~ to take everything when moving out<br />~ to bring things to charities or thrift stores}}
+* Not having space {{p|~ either in the moving truck, or in the new dwelling<br />~ or in the current dwelling, in the case of ''decluttering''}}
+* Not having ability {{p|~ to move heavy things<br />~ to hire movers<br />~ etc.}}
-Reasons
-* Not having time
-* Not having space
-* Social norm: When you move out of an apartment or sell your house, it's considered bad etiquette to leave anything in there.<!--This is quite frankly ridiculous, because somebody could use that stuff, and [[thrift shops]] are already overloaded typically. Why ditch a perfectly good table when the person moving in probably needs a table anyway; especially new homeowners are going to need more furniture than they had in their last place. Why not re-use instead of buy new? Consumerism is so ingrained in our culture that you can't even talk to the [people moving] about re-use without sounding crazy. This an example of how middle-class personal choices can fuck the planet just as bad as billionaires.-->
-Solutions
+'''Solutions'''
-* [[Furniture banks]]
+* Quick fixes
-* [[Stuff huts]]
+** [[Furniture banks]]
+** [[Stuff huts]]
+* Deep / cultural shifts needed
+** Normalize the idea of hand-me-downs from one {{a2|homeowner|tenant|resident}} to the next.
+** Campaign against {{p2|contracts|~ with real estate brokers, in the case of homeownership<br />~ with landlords, in the case of apartment rental}} that force people to empty their {{a2|homes before selling|apartments before moving out|homes before moving out}}.