Maybe its because I live in a semi-rural part of the Midwest, but I've never even heard of Venmo.
> Ms. Pennoyer agreed and recalled childhood taxi rides, when two adults would fight to treat the other
That still happens around here. (Well, we don't really have many Taxis around here, but it happens with meals at restaurants and such. I can recall occasions not too long ago where friends and I would all try and sneakily pay for the meal before the others noticed.)
My wife and I lived in SF for a while and stuff like that is part of the reason we came back.
Yeah, I only use Venmo when I'm on the coasts. None of my friends in the Midwest have it, and maybe I'm just used to it, but it just felt inefficient to split the bill and wait for each person to pay with their own credit card rather than having one person pay and Venmo them back.
Part of it is probably that a decent enough chunk of places (especially bars) in the Midwest are cash only. Personally I prefer always keeping some extra cash in my wallet to throwing even more of my life onto the internet.
(I also find keeping my entertainment budget "cash only" really helps me think critically about what I want to buy)
> Ms. Pennoyer agreed and recalled childhood taxi rides, when two adults would fight to treat the other
That still happens around here. (Well, we don't really have many Taxis around here, but it happens with meals at restaurants and such. I can recall occasions not too long ago where friends and I would all try and sneakily pay for the meal before the others noticed.)
My wife and I lived in SF for a while and stuff like that is part of the reason we came back.