Most New England towns have dumps, now called something like Recycling and Transfer Stations, The metal piles in the dumps were a great source of bikes and parts. I used to find bikes that were bought with the intention of being ridden, but ended up in storage and then left at the dump. I collected well over a hundred, good quality frames, most of which I donated to Bikes not Bombs, or traded or gave to friends. A few I kept and rode.

Check ot the thread on this forum titled "savd from the Dump"