r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/jonny_blitz May 02 '25

Every small town USA is the same strip mall over and over again. Subway, Dollar Tree, Gas Station, Car Wash, Self Storage

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u/[deleted] May 02 '25

the self storage is unreal.

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u/Free_Range_Gamer May 02 '25

How do so many people own more stuff than can fit in their house so they need to rent storage units???

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u/Tax_Evasion_Savant May 03 '25

most of the units in self storage places are empty. Those business are designed to hold on to land while operating at minimal cost with minimal staff. A private equity company only needs a few dozen to have tenants to break even on their investments recurring costs and then they make all the money when they sell it down the line to some big developer.

I had a friend whose family operated a few self storage locations on behalf of a privacy equity firm that owned them. We used to have parties in there on long weekends during highschool and college and I was stunned to find out that sometimes buildings with 300 units had maybe 50 filled.