3 years in a depression

10c a can! She's sitting in a gold mine! Wanna know something strange? I've seen probably 20 homes I would consider high level hoarders and 18 involved were occupied by upper level college grads, ie Masters degrees..5 were educators! I try and make small talk with them when I'm working to make them feel a little more comfortable as its hard enough to get them to even let you in. They all say 'pardon the house, I'm moving some stuff' or some BS. The worst one was a retired high school history teacher. That just struck me very odd, that people who would invest so much time and money into their mental condition would totally let their physical situation degrade to total chaos.