Erica Reiner

Behavior

Lucky Money Scarcity

My husband and I collect found money. When you find a coin on the street it brings you good luck so we've saved all the money we've found since we met. It's very interesting- since the economic downturn, there has been far less money to be found around the city than when the economy was good. I guess you can gauge how the city is doing by whether people are willing to bend for their pennies. The only exception to this is bad weather- on one of the recent freezing cold nights I made four separate scores of found money- even in a bad economy New Yorkers have their limits!