[simias]

Uh, in which first world country exactly? I'm not aware of any place in western europe where carrying cash is uncommon.

[Widdershin]

It's uncommon to carry cash in New Zealand. Everything is done with eftpos and credit cards.

[nathanb]

Even more so with paywave, which is all over Australia and becoming more common in New Zealand. I don't think I actually inserted or swiped my card more than once a week in Brisbane.

[nness]

Pesky EFTPOS "minimum purchases."

[nickbauman]

Germans almost always pay with cash and rarely use credit cards. It's cultural. I think it's one of the reasons why Greece is getting screwed so hard by the troika: cultural norms and the societal moral confusion v/v debt.

[rodgerd]

NZ, Australia, Scandanavia, France, even England I've got around largely without much in the way of cash.

Interesting that Germany is different.

[rohansingh]

Sweden, Norway, Finland.