I live in Madison WI. Move-out weekend is called Hippie Christmas. Townspeople furnish their own apartments with stuff thrown out by the students.

I visited a friend's apartment, and he described the decor as "a mixture of TarJay and Hippie Christmas."

We also regularly leave stuff by the curb and it gets taken. Conveniently, you leave it out a day or two before trash day, and if it's not taken, then you can throw it in the trash.