Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Addicted to WheresGeorge


I have more minions.

WheresGeorge.com is a website in which you can 'track' where a dollar spent ends up. It relies on users and regular people to enter a bill when they find it- usually with a bright stamp on it- and can calculate the locations based upon the zip code that the user provides.

Most bills end up locally- as you'd expect, and some show up in weird places (like Cape Town, South Africa).

Where do they go? They follow lines of commerce- I've found that 20$ bills go directly to the bank and almost inevitably show up in ATMs some place else (Ohio is popular from NY).

Interesting, no?

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