At this point I’m just revolting against uber. They screwed up big time. A one mile ride was costing me $40. Cost me $11 in a taxi.

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Then take a taxi when there is surge pricing… I don’t think you remember the days when you would call a taxi dispatcher, and they would tell you a taxi will show up on 1.5 hours, wait for 27seconds, and drive away, forcing you to call the dispatcher again and repeat.

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Or you could just walk home.

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Time for a return to public transit, especially for those of us in NYC, Chicago, DC, Boston and so on. I paid $2.50 to get to the airport, vs nearly $100 for uber.

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$34 (x and black) v. $16 in NYC

Why even Uber in NYC. Don’t live there but worked there for a year plus from 2018-19 and Curb was so much better than Uber. Flag down a cab immediately vs waiting 5-10 minutes. Get a driver who knows the city and how to get places fast vs someone fumbling around an app for directions. And yea, it’s cheaper while just as convenient in terms of being able to pay via app.

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Last weekend I took one for 21 to dinner. 2 hours later, getting back from dinner was going to be 160. This week I was going to take one home from downtown - less than 2 miles to my home. Used to consistently be between 7 & 11. Was going to be 70. I walked. Hate them right now.

Uber realized they need a profit - theses new firms are all writing for loses. Hopefully taxis are easier to get in nyc soon

I've just accepted that if I'm going out I'll need to budget for Uber/Lyft black because I won't be waiting one hour to get picked up at 2AM downtown outside a warehouse (taxis are a rare sight)

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