12/11/2023

Technology Built the Cashless Society

Advances in it are helping the unhoused not be left behind

John Littlejohn remembers the days when lots of people had a couple of dollars to spare to buy a copy of Street Sense, the local paper that covers issues related to the homeless and employs unhoused individuals as its vendors.

Today, he's finding fewer people are walking around with spare change. Even well-meaning individuals who want to help are likely to pat their pockets and apologize, he said.

"I would be out here for six or seven hours and wouldn't get more than $12 to $15," said Littlejohn, 62, who was homeless for 13 years. "People are like, 'I don’t leave the house with cash.'"

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