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\u201cWe\u2019re putting another burden on the elderly that we don\u2019t have to,\u201d one researcher said.<\/p>\n

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Some things you can no longer do with cash: Buy a well-loaded hot dog at any of the five Devil Dawgs eateries in and around Chicago. Order a Vermont Pale Lager from Hill Farmstead Brewery\u2019s taproom in Greensboro Bend, Vt.<\/p>\n

Attend the annual BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, Calif., or buy food, drinks or merchandise there. Purchase admission to the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, N.Y., or to many other sites maintained by the National Park Service.<\/p>\n

The park service\u2019s expanding no-cash policy exasperated several would-be visitors enough for them to sue in federal court<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Anne Ronan, 70, a retired attorney, walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., a few times a week. After the three-mile-plus trek, she sometimes stops at one of two local cafes. Neither accepts payment in cash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nor do a restaurant and a cocktail lounge nearby on Grand Avenue. \u201cI don\u2019t find it unusual anymore,\u201d Ms. Ronan said.<\/p>\n

To buy coffee and a croissant, she routinely carries a credit card in her pocket. She doesn\u2019t find that bothersome, but \u201cas a public policy, it\u2019s not a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re putting another burden on the elderly that we don\u2019t have to,\u201d one researcher said.Some things you can no longer do with cash: Buy a well-loaded hot dog at any of the five Devil Dawgs eateries in and around Chicago. Order a Vermont Pale Lager from Hill Farmstead Brewery\u2019s taproom in Greensboro Bend, Vt.Attend the annual BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, Calif., or buy food, drinks or merchandise there. Purchase admission to the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, N.Y., or to many other sites maintained by the National Park Service.The park service\u2019s expanding no-cash policy exasperated several would-be visitors enough for them to sue in federal court earlier this year.Anne Ronan, 70, a retired attorney, walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., a few times a week. After the three-mile-plus trek, she sometimes stops at one of two local cafes. Neither accepts payment in cash.Nor do a restaurant and a cocktail lounge nearby on Grand Avenue. \u201cI don\u2019t find it unusual anymore,\u201d Ms. Ronan said.To buy coffee and a croissant, she routinely carries a credit card in her pocket. She doesn\u2019t find that bothersome, but \u201cas a public policy, it\u2019s not a good thing.\u201dWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17940,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17941,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17938\/revisions\/17941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}