Why do you think that things that you don't use in lots of years get damaged?

They need your love and energy.

I try to take better care of things these days.

Philosophically speaking, every thing needs a connection. With no connection, things become obsolete. Therefore, the life in them begins to perish. We humans feel the same if left alone.

A structure built with bricks is House. When a family or couple moves in, it becomes Home. Family gives it a strong reason to feel lively.🙏😇

Scientifically speaking, anything when not in use tends to have less air contact and it begins to attract microorganisms that feast on it and ultimately rot in it leading to the formation of algae and fungi. Therefore, damage begins and continues until restoration.😇

Lots of reasons, the lubricants evaporate, the plastic degrades. Nature takes over…

Kinda encouraging in a way.

Well I'm not a fashion designer or a house constructor but I know about cars. If you let them sit too long, all the parts become sedentary and break down.

It could also be a psychological thing. Like, we notice more when abandoned buildings crumble... I can think of parts of my very nice apartment building that are crumbled, but no one hardly notices because they just replaced the siding and windows.

They need to be cared for...shoes need to be dusted and shined etc...otherwise they dry out...plus maybe they're lonely 😕

I don't know why, but it discourages people to buy things they don't need and that's good.

They need the energy of the field to maintain their coherence.
Without the presence of living beings, that energy isn't transferred.

Scientifically entropy. Could be environmental too. Houses suffer from that.

It's a great observation. I've noticed the same with vehicles.

Entropy?

Temperature shifting causing expansions and contractions in the material causing mechanical wearing and radiation exposure mostly, but that's just a thought