This article, and many of the comments here, seem to be a very UK or US centric view to me. I'm from NZ and the use of cash is very rare here. People generally

This article, and many of the comments here, seem to be a very UK or US centric view to me. I'm from NZ and the use of cash is very rare here. People generally use EFTPOS cards or credit cards to pay for everything, from coffee or taxis to major purchases. The biggest annoyance when travelling (especially to the states) is the need to get out and carry cash again which for me (in my thirties) is something I haven't done here since my early teens. Maybe we just fear our government less, but I think we also have a more postmodernist view: We were one of the quickest to adopt EFTPOS. We also don't have a weird tipping culture, which helps :)