How do you find sets in your area?

[Jeffhs]

I live in a small town (population 3245) in northeastern Ohio. Been here ten and a half years and have only seen two vintage TVs on the curbs to date (one small RCA b&w 12" portable from about 1980 and a 25" RCA Colortrak console from perhaps 1978), although there were two vintage console stereos just up the street from my apartment a year or so ago.

When I lived in Wickliffe, Ohio (east suburban Cleveland), I would see quite a few '50s-'60s vintage TVs and the occasional stereo console or standalone phonograph on the curbs every week or so, but that was then; this is now. I haven't been back there for over a year, so don't know how or if the situation has changed much -- or at all. However, I expected to see more CRT analog TVs on the curbs here after the DTV transition than I actually have seen. Folks here are either recycling their old sets, giving them away to relatives or friends, or, if they still work well, hanging on to them for use with VCRs or DVD players. However, I haven't seen any so-called BPC sets in the trash around here yet, unless they are or were in parts of this area I don't frequent very often. Some of the CRT sets may still be in their owners' homes in the attic or basement, gathering dust, while a new giant-screen flat panel graces the living room/family room/den.