Hoarding: When is it too much?

When my dad died, he had stuff in his house that I'm sure came over from the old country ninety years before. We had an estate sale and you definitely could not predict what people would buy. I sold stuff that was on its way to the garbage bin. But there was stuff that I considered valuable that we literally couldn't give away.I still have some of his stuff in my basement. I do feel guilty about throwing it away.

Our society teaches us to have what we need instead of being able to get what we need. I'm coming to the realization that as long as I can work it doesn't matter if I lose my house and all of the stuff in it - I'll still be able to get what I need.I think homeless people are much like my parents' generation, who grew up during the Depression. They didn't have much so they were very reluctant to let go of anything once they had it.Maybe instead of just giving warm clothing to the homeless we (e.g. the Salvation Army) should lend it to them. Have them return the winter coats in the spring and give them a nominal payment as incentive. Then clean them and do the same thing next winter.

I think tiny homes are a great idea, and not just for homeless people. Unfortunately, our city council in its infinite wisdom won't allow houses less than 1000 square feet to be built.

I don't know what the specific rules are for apartments. I suspect that the 1000-square-foot rule is designed to maximize property taxes, so there are other ways to do that with apartments.

I've got some of them too, for the Commodore 64. On the other hand, I've still got a Commodore 64 that works, too.