I've lost my wallet quite a few times over the past 10 years in the US, and I've recovered it all but once. Once it came through the mail (missing a single gift

I've lost my wallet quite a few times over the past 10 years in the US, and I've recovered it all but once. Once it came through the mail (missing a single gift card). Today it was waiting for me in Walgreens. I've found wallets and cell phones, and tracked down the owners, too. The US isn't the den of iniquity breathless journos like to pretend it is. I attribute it to a sense of basic human decency that nearly everyone manages to maintain if one isn't suffering from crushing poverty.