Facts about America's Favorite
Pastime
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America likes to shop, and we spend a
lot of time doing it. Every year Americans spend trillions of dollars on
clothing, electronics, homes and household items, cars and a billion
other products. It’s hard to believe the staggering amounts being spent. Here
are some other mind blowing facts about the USA’s consumer habits. But don't
think Americans are alone in this, as they are just an example of how we've
all become consumers instead of citizens.
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1. In 1930, the average American
woman owned 9 outfits. Nowadays the average American woman owns 30.
2. 25% of people who have two-car
garages don't have space to park their cars.
4. Since the early 2000's the home
organization industry has doubled in size. It now sees an annual earnings of
$8 billion.
3. In the last 50 years, the average
American home size has tripled.
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5. One in ten Americans rents a
storage unit outside of their home.
6. There are over 300,000 items in an
average American home.
7. Each year the average American
throws away 65 pounds (29 kg) of clothing.
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8. An average child will accumulate
238 toys by the time they are 10 years old. They will only play with about 12
of them.
9. Annually Americans spend more on
shoes, jewelry and watches ($100 billion) than they do on higher education.
10. Researchers have found that
present day Americans purchase twice as many material goods as they did 50
years ago.
11. 60% of private consumption
worldwide is done by 12% of the world, who live in North America and Western
Europe.
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12. In the US, there are more malls
than high schools.
13. The average person will spend
3,680 hours (153 days, or 5 months) of their lives looking for misplaced
items. The most frequent items are phones, keys, sunglasses, and paperwork.
14. Throughout her lifetime, the
average American woman will spend more than 8 years shopping.
15. Almost half of American
households are not saving, nor do they have a savings account.
16. Most households have more
television sets than they do people.
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