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I had exactly the same experience coming to SF from NYC. I took taxis in NYC every once in a while, the only bad experience was on new years eve where everybody turns their lights off and operates without the meter. After moving to SF I had such poor experiences with taxis that when I raised it with a friend they exclaimed oh, nobody uses taxis here they're awful - use uber (I now use Lyft regularly).

Some of those experiences include:

- very obviously driving me around the block after I asked to be dropped off at a particular location. The driver refused to let me out when I asked

- driver refused to drive me with a "I don't want to go that way"

- two drivers claimed their card machines didn't work and insisted on cash, the second tried it even after I asked before the ride if paying by card was okay