Although this is true, using cash is getting much harder over time. Here in London it's almost impossible to stick to cash as ATMs disappear and services stop a

Although this is true, using cash is getting much harder over time. Here in London it's almost impossible to stick to cash as ATMs disappear and services stop accepting cash payments. To travel on a bus now you either have to use your plastic card or top up an Oyster card in advance. Some councils have removed their street parking meters so that you either use a parking app to pay by card, or you have to find and visit a Paypoint convenience store to pay (I have no idea how to do this!). Most of the self-checkout machines in my local Aldi are card-only. If you do try to pay with cash, you might struggle getting a lot of places to break a note as they're just not used to it anymore.