^Pretty much as Golden Boy above mentioned.... college town and students moving out. Though dumpster diving is not in me, piles of good items at curbside garbage pick-up day are common.

Also, I just started a thread on a Zunow that was a genuine dumpster find. The frameset was left in a LBS dumpster and where I acquired it from the shop owner. Absolutely thrilled to have it but at the same time, makes me cringe the zero respect some people have. Whether or not the trasher knew of the value, at a minimum something like this would only take a little effort to drop off at a Goodwill or even call the VA for pick-up, etc..