[perardi]

Living in Chicago (Lakeview) for years while traveling for work made me absolutely hate taxis.

Hello from up here in Edgewater.

I realize there are huge problems with the finances and liabilities of Uber…but taxis before ride shares were a pure nightmare, from a UX perspective.

Uber brought us…

* Deterministic pricing (for the most part)

* Flawless ubiquitous credit card transactions

* The ability to point to a random location on a map and just magically have a car take you there

I know Uber’s finances are shit…but you know what? I would gladly pay more, because you get a car right to your door that delivers you to an arbitrary location with nobody extorting you for extra physical cash.