I can't understand hoarders. When I was reading gas & electric meters for a few years in my semi-retirement I ran into a few. Some hoarder residences you'd never know it by outward appearance. Those earlier posts about the newspaper hoarders reminded me of one of those. The guy had a nice 2 story townhouse with attached garage, full basement, in a nice townhouse development. The outside was immaculate but inside the newspapers were stacked to the ceiling in the entire dining room and one lower bedroom (?), part of the kitchen, plus half the basement where I had to go to read his gas meter. The guy was well dressed, clean cut and friendly and probably in his late 50's - early 60's. Not what I would think of when I hear the word "hoarder".
