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Originally Posted by Steve McVoy
Another thing I've speculated about is why there are over twice as many surviving American prewar sets than British (as a percentage of sets made). The two reasons I've come up with are 1) American houses are generally larger and 2) There was a lot of destruction during WW2 in England.
Anyone have any other possible explanations?
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1. We're a nation of packrats. (I mean that, of course, in the nicest possible way ;-)
2. We save old things. They save old things in other countries too, but we're a young country and something like an old TV might seem a lot more old-and-useless rather than old-and-interesting to someone in a country where many people live in houses that were built hundreds of years ago. I've had this called to my attention in a very old neighborhood outside of Guadalajara.
Just guessing!
--Dave Sica