recylersteve- Patriot76 would be a great example of scrapping in rural areas. His closest scrap yard is at least 40-60 miles away. I live in a metro area but its smaller when compared to many others. The population density also drops off quite dramatically when you get out of the metro area whereas there are regions of the country where even the rural areas have a lot of people (mostly non-farmers) living there and thrown out stuff is about. My point is that there are also cultural differences across the country where in some regions people easily throw good stuff away and in other places things are held onto tight or given to charity. I have never, ever seen brass stuff left on curb co or only rarely on CL's "free" stuff. Brass nick-nacks around here are almost always given to Goodwill or something similar and of course those places sell it for above scrap prices.
Anyway, keep on keeping on and finding that good stuff. I need to head out to my 9-530 full-time gig.
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