This is the amount of grime and fiber my vacuum picked up today. I vacuumed yesterday, and got the same amount of both. That's pretty solid evidence that this is something that has accumulated over time. Both days, I vacuumed very slowly, giving time for the suction to pick up as much as possible for every square inch.
My apartment only has 880 sq ft of visible wall-to-wall carpet. This is totally gross. I imagine all the homes and apartments across america that have wall-to-wall carpeting. I suspect that most apartments and homes have it. We cannot see under it. So we vacuum the surface of the carpet quickly, and go about our day. And since most vacuums don't let you see how much you have vacuumed up, there is no way to judge how much was picked up, and how much may still be left under the rug.
I would never have guessed this, until I bought a vacuum that allowed me to see what was in the canister without opening it.
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