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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 4150937" data-attributes="member: 1515">A few other thoughts and notes:- As has already been noted, the biggest denomination that's generally circulated is the $20.  You can certainly get $50s and $100s at a bank (and the $100 is about the biggest bill that you typically see circulated at all), but you don't see them often (and some smaller stores may not even accept them, because of concerns over counterfeiting).  For a bigger transaction, most people will use a credit or debit card (which may not help you much here), write a check (also probably not much help), or, occasionally go to the bank to get a stack of $100s.  IME, those three options map pretty well onto age: many younger people use their plastic for everything, and some older people only like to deal with hard currency.- Whether or not an area is easily "walkable" often has a lot to do with (a) when the neighborhood was first built (older neighborhoods almost always have sidewalks), and (b) if the area in question is purely residential (more likely to have sidewalks), or is more commercial (less likely to have sidewalks, especially if first built in the 1960s or later).- Sales tax not only varies by state, but by area within a state (individual cities and counties can tack their own taxes on top), and different types of purchases may be under different tax rates, depending on where you are (prepared foods is an example of something that's often not taxed at the same rate).  As you figured out, the tax is almost never included on the price listed on the menu / price tag / whatever.- Some restaurants do post their menu outside the door, but, from what I see, that's more typcial in urban areas that get a lot of foot traffic.  For instance, I work in downtown Chicago, where foot traffic (both workers and tourists) is pretty heavy, and most of the "sit-down" restaurants do this.- Re: Wendy's.  Welcome to American fast food.  Believe it or not, among fast-food places, Wendy's is actually known for offering "healthier" choices.</blockquote>

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