flea markets & hamfests (was: When did double-shot keytops disappear?)

[Richard]

In article <200512211453.40575.pat at computer-refuge.org>,
    Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org>  writes:

> Richard declared on Wednesday 21 December 2005 13:39:
> > In article <43A99CB1.8020201 at oldskool.org>,
> >
> >     Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org>  writes:
> > > Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> > > > keycaps or missing/cut off cables), a friend of mine got a couple
> > > > boxes of them (probably 20+ keyboards) for $10 at a large-ish
> > > > hamfest.
> > >
> > > No flea markets or hamfests in my area, sadly.
> >
> > Same here.  It seems that the best opportunities for vintage computing
> > stuff via flea markets and hamfests are limited to places like the mid
> > atlantic and the bay area.
> 
> Like the Dayton, OH "hamvention", or the Fort Wayne, Indiana hamfest, 
> where the keyboards came from.  Oh wait you didn't say "midwest".  :)

There just isn't the same urban density out in the western states with
the exception of the Pacific coastal megalopoli.  The density in the
mid Atlantic and Great Lakes regions are significantly higher for
vintage computing equipment than the intermountain West in my experience.
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