Comment Geographical differences (Score 1, Interesting) 54
I suspect there's a strong correlation between location and choices.
I live in Norway and I almost never see anyone pay cash. Cards are becoming a rarity as well, everybody taps their phone, backed by a debit account. People are less paranoid about privacy here, I think. Probably because we have more laws protecting privacy (we hope).
I was traveling the past week and forgot my wallet. No problems whatsoever. (Ponder your definition of freedom)