bristol

It would be useful to have estimates of Bristol money velocity for Bristol vs.

I live in Bristol and had never heard of the Bristol Pound until this article.

I've lived in Bristol all my life, and I work in Stokes Croft, one of the driving hubs behind the Bristol Pound.

But mostly you'd just get unofficial currency exchanges popping up that buy Bristol Pounds for, e.g.

I think those companies would lose interest pretty rapidly if told they couldn't redeem the Bristol Pounds for Sterling.

That happens with GBP already - surely more likely to with Bristol Pounds!

I could totally see another article citing them to show that the Bristol Pound is a failure.

It's backed by Sterling held by the Bristol Credit Union, who allow you to convert it back (probably subject to a transaction fee).

I lived in Bath and both got and spent some Bristol pounds on Gloucester road.

I don't think that invalidates anything, Bristol and Bath are very close to each other.

Just as an example, Bristol to Paddington is 118 miles.

Doesn't it seem like they should have allowed the various businesses to accept it, but then not allow them to convert the money out of Bristol Pounds?

There are a fair number of businesses accepting them, especially in the "alternative" areas, but you will not see Bristol Pounds very often.

The effect is to encourage local circulation of money rather than letting profit escape Bristol.

Bristol, Oxford, Cardiff and Swansea in the UK are all in good positions to get to the coast.

Free parties were popping up all over the country, and there were many in Bristol.