Americans Are on the Move. Their Stuff Doesn’t Always Follow

Millions of Americans up and moved during the pandemic. For some, their stuff didn’t follow.

Debora and Brian Roland last month handed the contents of their California home to a moving company that they said promised to meet them at their new house in Florida in six to 12 days.

Four weeks later, the Rolands are living out of suitcases in an empty house, which echoes when they walk and talk. Friends and neighbors in their new hometown have come to the rescue, lending them blankets, a folding table and an unused home office up the street.

“We have nothing but two dogs and an AeroBed,” said Ms. Roland, referring to the inflatable mattress on which she and her husband are sleeping.

The Rolands are making do. The couple has scored a set of bar stools at a consignment store, and spent hundreds of dollars replacing items such as frying pans, vitamins and toilet brushes.

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