Which is better - rich neighborhoods or poor??

Where do you find the most recyclable/scrappable stuff?

I "shop" in a rich neighborhood and usually find 4-600 lbs a week. Just depends on the people living in there. There's another rich neighborhood that is 3x bigger close by but I hardly find anything in there.

i think its a 50/50 hit, i have a buddy who does forclosures majority in bad neighborhoods, well all the bluky scrap he calls me up for, because when he gets the dumspters at the location it's all about the weight so anything bulky, he calls me up stoves,ovens fridges, just anything weight or bulk wise i get it, i was thinking of getting into that business myself, from what he has told me its a gold mine, i also posted some ads in my neighborhood and got some good items 3 cast iron tubs, a bunch of #2 copper from this old lady, her old man was a plumber and passed, she was cleaning up the house and got my info from her neighbor ( the one with the 3 tubs) so she called me yadda yadda so i made out with 75lbs #2 copper not a bad day she said she would call again if she comes up with anything else.!

I get more scrap metal from poorer neighborhoods. But there's this one really rich neighborhood that I drive through every Wednesday night and you wouldn't believe all the nice stuff they throw away. I have a list a mile long of the nice things in working condition that I've got from there. The best thing was last summer someone threw away about 20 bluetooth wireless headsets unopened in the original package. I got home and googled them, turns out they sell for $19.99 apiece. I put them on e-bay and made over $300.

yeah those are people that just spend money on things they never open or use lol good ideas though

Rich areas seem to be best for finds you can sell, while I find middle class suburban areas have the most scrap finds. This is of course in Ontario.

for garage sailing the poorer or older the neighborhood the better it is for computers, scrap. i've hit several in the last month along my normal scrap pickups that i first ask i they have any old computers, then say, I buy them for metal salvage. 90% of the people make the connection and their next question is, so you take scrap metal? sometimes, but only when it's offered. <--- instant confediance that you're not there to rip them off. i find rich neighborhoods are better for freebies, mostly calls on my craigslist ad, they just want to recycle and curbside service won't pick it up.

50/50 both are equally throw-a-way individuals, lol.

Like others mentioned, I find that the areas that have higher disposable incomes are a lot more wasteful with re-saleable items. The "poor" neighborhoods are better for shred weight, I imagine they aren't able to pay people to haul away their junk and they are not knowledgeable of the scrapyards in their areas.

Of course, laziness can affect a person of any financial status, so they'll just throw everything away, rather than deal with fixing, selling, or sharing with others.

I'll add that the size of the homes has something to do with it. Rich or poor, people with 1960s era split-levels or 1950s ranches simply can't store as much junk as people can in overblown, 10,000 sq ft McMansions.

I've been in some McMansions that are so big, when you go down into an unfinished basement you can see the curvature of the earth. They have piles of well organized stuff here and there that most people would've thrown away, but in those giant basements the stuff is hardly noticed. When they move, they pay their landscaper to throw out their stuff.

trash night go to a neighborhood with upper middle-class money and modest houses, and you'll find their burnt out microwaves, clogged vacuum cleaners and out-of-style patio furniture every time.

I found a nice Bolens string trimmer stickin' straight up out of some rich folk's recycling bin. Got it home and found out what was wrong with it. Out of fuel.
So yeah, good resale stuff in the richer hoods, better shred weight from the poorer. In general, anyway.

For me its 50-50. I get more sweepers and tv's and general stuff from the average neighborhoods but more keepable/resellable stuff from nicer neighborhoods.

It's not so much a matter of rich or poor really, so long as you're hiney is out there the night before trash night. You have a multitude of dwellings in a metropolitan area. Apartments, Condos, Private Homes, Housing Additions, Low Income housing... The difference between rich or poor isn't necessarily the things they own. I know some intrinsic rich folks who straight up jack ketchup packets from McDonalds to save money. Check with your trash companies in town and get their dump schedules and run the night before. Here is what I can legitimately tell you from years of experience, rich people hate clutter, and poor people don't care about it because having anything (even if it's broke junk) is better than nothing. Spring cleaning is your friend and it's fast approaching. Don't limit yourself to a few neighborhoods, do the work, get the money after. I'm a genius, I know.