For a fresh start to the new year, people clean out garages… closets… and sheds. 

They help an aging parent or college-aged kid move into a new space. Some stuff gets donated. Some items, sold. 

But for the hard-to-part with stuff: people in Seattle turn to storage units.

Doing his own winter organizing: Seattle Times business reporter Paul Roberts. He’ll tell us more about the self-storage industry.

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