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>> Thank you for pointing out the REAL reason why Uber/Lyft are popular. It has nothing to do with convenience (a lot of taxi companies also have similar apps) and everything to do with the fact that people want to interact with those in the same socioeconomic class as them.

Yeah... thinking it through, you're right. That's spot on. I don't think that's bad, the Taxi drivers don't treat me like a human or like their neighbor, and that's more the issue. There's just a polite way that Americans are to one another, especially Texans. Taxi Drivers are extremely transparent that they are just out to make as much money from me as they can. I don't mean it as racist, but it's very jarring to be treated rudely in Texas; people are on the whole very friendly and sociable here. It's very apparent when someone isn't from here, or hasn't lived here long enough to adapt to the local customs.