My favorite part of our transfer station is the "Winston Free Dumpbrary." The dump is run by a guy named Churchill and he's implemented a little free library -- gotta love it.




Transfer stations are the hot-spots of New Hampshire. Since most places don't offer municipal trash pick-up, we have to haul our garbage and recyclables to the local dump. Consequently, most people use home composts to minimize their garbage and they re-use just about everything (in addition to the garbage, transfer stations offer a place to exchange things -- this is how we've gotten much of our house furnishings, though we've now instituted a moratorium on bringing things home from the dump!). Best of all, the dumps themselves have become social sites -- when we first moved here, for example, MSG was advised to "hang out" at the transfer station, because that's where he was likely to meet people. I think this also helps explain the thriving garage/barn/tag-sale culture here (this is also how we've outfitted our home).

(Nicky, incidentally, insists that the way to make a fortune in NH is to start a trash-pick company, but NH residents are pretty attached to their dumps!)