[lmm]

Small town Scotland, sure, a bit different. But small town Scotland is, by population, a tiny fraction of the UK.

[SilasX]

That came dangerously close to being a literal "no true Scotsman" dismissal of the GP's example...

[nommm-nommm]

Haha it was a literal no true Scotsman dismissal. That's funny. That being said, I'd really love to hear the opinion of a smaller town Scots(wo)man who has traveled/lived other places on their opinion of card/cash "culture" vs other first world countries if they are any around here.

The reason I went to the place I went was because the primary purpose of my trip was to visit someone.

[nommm-nommm]

Of course! But I was replying to "people in first world countries" and giving my personal experiences. :)

I've also been all across small town USA :)

I really hope I don't offend. I don't mean to.

[lmm]

I don't think anyone's offended. But I think it's acceptable to say "people in first world countries" when one actually just means "the overwhelming majority of people in first world countries".

[nommm-nommm]

No, that's not at all acceptable to move the goalpost in that way at all! How completely and utterly ridiculous!