Vivinavi : Los Angeles : (United States) Los Angeles

• 在米25年
• 2021/08/26 (Thu) 18:29
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When I'm just looking at products in a store, I used to say just looking, but I guess I've started saying just browsing.

• Rock star
• 2021/08/26 (Thu) 19:04
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Why ？?

• 在米25年
• 2021/08/26 (Thu) 19:36
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I no longer use Thomas guide maps and Penny saver, which we all used to use.

• 倍金萬
• 2021/08/26 (Thu) 21:56
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Credit card payments no longer require swiping the card through the slot next to the card terminal at the store. Now it is called "Tap", and the data transmission is done by simply holding the card over the terminal screen for a few seconds.

This is the same method used in Japan with the mobile wallet. Therefore, I only pay bills by check, and my check address is still the same as my home address that I had more than 10 years ago. I still have a number of checks that I don't use. Also, all payments to LADWP, credit card companies, and even cell phone companies are Auto Pay, which means that the other party will deduct the amount from my bank on the payment date by computer on their own.

The only things that still go off the check are the annual auto&fire insurance and the Property Tax that I pay to the County.

• Japon
• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 06:22
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Thank you. I miss it.
I still have the Thomas Guide from that time as a treasured keepsake. In those days, I used to flip through the paper to find places, or just go there by memory because the roads in L.A. are so easy without research.
The parking lot at Santa Monica Mall was free for the first 3 hours, but I wonder how it is now...

• 倍金萬
• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 09:04
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Japon-san,

As is the case in Japan, the Internet has become even more widespread in our daily lives, and we buy all kinds of things on the Internet except for food. This has reduced the use of cars for shopping, and those of us who don't commute to work or school leave our cars in the garage. Also, the spread of Uber and Lyft is something that did not exist when Mr. Japon was here. Also, was there a Starbucks Starbucks back then? Also, Fly's, which used to be a thriving computer and parts distributor, is gone. Also, Fly's used to sell home appliances such as washing machines, refrigerators, and televisions, but they are now ordered online and we rarely go to the store ourselves.

Furthermore, as for the aforementioned checkbook, not only those who pay themselves, but also those who receive their salaries are now paid to their checking accounts by bank to bank transfer. Therefore, I rarely visit the bank and manage all my accounts on the Internet.

• 🚌
• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 11:30
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Santa Monica Bus, Big Blue ？ Something's stopped taking cash. They don't accept anything but tap cards.
I wonder if young people today don't know how to use cash ？.

• 在米40年
• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 14:40
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Two kids （ both college students ） don't like cash ～ and
don't want to pay cash. Even bills for parents come in Venmo （ Sweat ）
State payments and DMV are also paid by card. Even when I buy stamps at the post office, I pay
with my card. Car fines are also paid by card.
Everything is done by card ・ Even if you open a bank account, you only get a checkbook with about 10 checks
because it's all by card.
The bank statement is also paperless, they don't send you anything.
Everything is managed online.

• ガソリン
• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 14:47
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I have a cache to fill up there because there are gas stations where cash is 10 cents per gallon cheaper than with a card. 。。。。 I drive quite a few miles every day, so I can't afford the gas prices: 。。。。 It's not a lot of money to save, but every little bit counts. 、、、、 I only fill up there ～. In this cashless age。。。。

• 🚌
• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 14:48
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Mr. #10

Can your children read analog clocks ？
They won't be able to read maps at all, they are the GPS generation.

• アホが来りて見栄を書く
• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 17:00
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＃ 11

Since I drive a considerable distance every day
I wonder if there is any thought of hybrid cars over gasoline cars.

• 在米25年
• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 18:32
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There was a time 25 years ago when gasoline was 83 cents a gallon, and now it's over $4.

• 無知
• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 19:36
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Cash, huh?
But ～
For example, if I use my Shell credit card, I get 3 ～ 5%/gallon cheaper
and I also get points on my credit card and it reflects on my credit history.
use credit card as much as you can
and also conveniently send receipts by email to prevent unauthorized use
if your main is alco, cash is not a problem

avoid gas stations where you don't know much about them
Especially Cosco gas. You'll get knocking and the smog won't pass.

• アホが来りて見栄を書く
• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 19:56
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An asshole comes and sees an asshole and writes an asshole

• 在米30年
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• 2021/08/27 (Fri) 21:12
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＞ #9 Ms.
I see ！ ？ Buses were free for a while after the pandemic started, but I guess they stopped accepting cash when they went back to paying.

＞ #6Japon
Santa Monica Place and Structure parking is free for the first 1.5 hours. （ Maybe it depends a bit on the Structure location. ）

• Blue
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 04:43
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Unmanned rental bicycles and rental scooters BIRD would not have existed 20 years ago. You can leave them on the side of the road, unlock them with an app, pay for them, use them and ride them there and back.
Also, pay phones. I saw one and asked my kids if they knew this ？ and they said they had seen it in a movie.

• Japon
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 05:06
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I was an international student at the time and I was staying with a homestay family and the rent was $400 （ in a very safe, quiet residential area ）. I also had a part time job to help with living expenses. Part-time job was easy to do anywhere; since 9.11, it doesn't seem to be so easy for foreign students.
Gasoline was less than $1 a gallon. It seems that only rich people can study abroad in the U.S. now.

• Japon
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 05:09
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Baikinman,

Of course there was no Uber, but I still prefer to go to the actual store rather than online.

• Japon
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 05:29
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Double Kin Man, Starbucks, but I was still too old to taste coffee, so I don't remember it.


Are there still many clothing stores ？ Melrose was a place with unique clothes and slightly adult toys.

• 在米40年
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 05:36
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#13 Mr.
Kids can read analog clocks just fine.
But if you don't have the address on your cell phone, you can't go anywhere you don't know.
Even within LA County, if you are in a place you don't know very well and you lose your phone
I don't think you can come home. 。。。。

• 在米25年
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 09:54
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Bridge USA has been discontinued.

• SQ
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 10:17
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Parking lots and laundromats are credit card cards these days too.
I haven't had cash on hand for the past year or so.

• ムーチョロコモコ
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 11:11
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The "Daily Sun" retained its name and became, in effect, the "Monthly Sun.

• 倍金萬
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 12:20
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Although not related to check payment, there was a time when the airport shuttle bus between Van Nuys Airport and LAX was cash-only. However, the ticket booths suddenly changed to accept only credit card payment, as if the ticket salesman, who was supposed to be a city employee, had stolen the cash out of the booth.

Now there should only be kiosk machines （ vending machines ） that only accept cards, as I have no business at LAX since 2019.

• 在米25年
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 12:40
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Japanese bookstores and used bookstores have been eliminated to a large extent, but Daiso has increased.

• 末路
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 13:19
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It's not the
weekly Sun published on Fridays, as the "Daily Sun" is in fact the "Monthly Sun" with the name as it is.

• ムーチョロコモコ
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 13:23
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#31 end of the road

Oops, I made a mistake.

• 担々麺
• 2021/08/28 (Sat) 14:12
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There's a grandmother who writes checks at the register, maybe once a year.