I agree, but my girlfriend (as an RN, she's very orderly and clean) says that empty space is just as important as stuff.Well, hoarding does have a positive side. My grandfather had a small farm, if he needed something he did not go to town, he had what he needed to make it. One story he had picked up some gears laying in the dirt at the mine, he took them home and nailed them to the barn wall where they stayed for 40 years, then my uncle said he needed a gear for something and lo and behold there it was on the barn wall. 20 years after grandpa died. No need to throw something good away and keep what you have if it has a use, it could save your butt someday.
She sees loads of materiel as a breeding environment for silverfish, rodents, ants, and cockroaches...especially since we live in the tropics (south Florida).
When we watched First Blood once, she looked at me and said: "See? All he has is a hollow knife, and look at how he destroyed that town. If I buy you a Rambo knife, will you get rid of all that **** that's cluttering the house?"