HIGHLIGHTS: A poll asked thousands of people what they’d do if they found $1,000 on the ground, and 47% of people say they’d KEEP IT. Jacksonville was the most honest city . . . Detroit was the least-honest.
FULL STORY: Most people probably wouldn’t have a problem KEEPING an abandoned $20 bill that they found in a parking lot. They’re probably not going to put a lot of effort into finding its rightful owner. But what if it was $1,000?
A poll asked thousands of people what they’d do if they found $1,000 on the ground, and 47% of people say they’d KEEP IT if no one else was around.
Women were SLIGHTLY more likely to say they’d keep it than men.
They also broke it down by cities, and found that the most “honest” city was: Jacksonville, Florida, where 62% said they’d HAND IT OVER. The other honest cities include: L.A. . . . Tulsa, Oklahoma . . . and Atlanta.
The most DISHONEST cities . . . assuming it’s “dishonest” to keep it . . . were Detroit, Memphis, and New Orleans. In all three, just 38% said they’d hand it over. The next-most dishonest was Baltimore.
(You can see the full results, here.)
(It’d be interesting to see if people would have a different opinion on KEEPING $1,000 . . . if they found it during the holidays.)
(On one hand, money is tighter for everyone now . . . but on the other, someone else could be depending on that cash for their holiday shopping.)
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