Are there any "cosy" post-apocalypse series that are about rebuilding, rather than cannibals, roaming rapists, mutants and general awfulness?

I have an odd itch for a post-apocalypse scenario that mostly skips the "everyone descends into savagery" stuff, and is about how people rebuild after a global drop in population. I'm just not in the mood for human horribleness right now. Got any suggestions?