I wrote a clever true line in my article about curb shopping - it has its ups and downs. Its not like everyone throws out the same amount of scrap everyday, let alone the weather conditions. I find free craigslist works better in the winter. Curb shopping is not necessarily dead in the winter, but its not like spring cleanup season either. Re-sale items are good finds in winter, people are stuck indoors and they clean the attics out.. not necessarily scrap, but good resale. Winter sucks too because someone will throw out some shelves or stuff sideways, snow covers it up, plows come by, and you wont know its there till the hole where it was shows up when the garbage man drives by



For now, wait and see. Every area is different. I live in PA, so NY would be similar to my weather.

Cheers