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Downsizing, To Move or Not to Move? That is the Question

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@sueinmn Would you mind mentioning the brand? I try to buy "made in the US" but sometimes it seems impossible. I am pretty sure that the freezer we bought earlier this year was not made here. I didn't think any were now!
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I chose a Whirlpool, my fourth - the first was sold with our old home in 1983, the second was put into this home in 1973 when built, replaced with another )Kenmore by Whirlpool) in 1995 - now this. Manufactured at the Amana plant in Iowa. The US made appliances are mainly made there, and are hard to get now because they have had several Covid shutdowns and apparently are having a hard time getting some parts delivered due to Covid & tariffs.

My microwave is also Whirlpool, it's predecessor lasted 22 years without a repair. Our very first was an original Litton, serial number #156 purchased in 1972, and lasted 26 years before the dial timer died!

2 years ago we had to replace both washer (1993 - 2018) and dryer (1981 - 2018) they were whirlpool too, but I wanted the old style "agitator" washer, and ended up with Speed Queen commercial models - rated for 15,000 loads - more that I hope to do in my remaining lifetime. My figuring was if they can withstand the abuse of the laundry room in our Texas home, they can handle me.

My sister and sisters-in-law have gone through multiples of every appliance in the time I have had mine, should have sent them looking for me - it's not that I'm cheap, I just hate shopping & choosing, and I hate the waste of having to discard all that raw material - even if they do break it down and recycle part of it.
Keeping my fingers crossed for all these new things in my house.
Sue