Joseph……..
The dollar coin in the USA was a flop, be it The Eisenhower or Sacajawea.
It has been years since I’ve seen any adult in our minyan place coins in the pushke on the wall. Occasionally a child will do so. When a cup of coffee or a soda is typically $2 it would be an insult to put a quarter in the pushke, then drive off in your multi-thousand dollar car.
I live in Fairfield County, CT. This is a land of single family homes. There are no working class people in our town or attending our minyan who use public transit as in the city. In fact there is no public transit.
It’s just facts of life that life here is different than in the city or Monsey, Lakewood, etc. Not about superiority.