[kortilla]

Don’t distract this thread with a shit tier “Uber sux” analysis.

Cabs were completely unusable in most cities before Uber unless you were staying at a hotel where they hung out. They also paid their drivers as poorly as Uber does and the benefit just went to the owner instead of Uber. It’s not like cabbies were specially trained.

Taxis were more expensive because they were so fucking shitty that the 5 fares a day a car would get had to cover the expenses.

>leaving the town with zero practical transport options.

Again, taxis were not practical before. It was more reliable to beg strangers at a bar for a ride home than to get a cab to show up in the 90s.

[xelamonster]

I'm not sure where you got the idea my post was claiming taxis were superior in any way, I explicitly said Uber was better. Taxis weren't practical but they at least they existed. I have lived in cities that used to have taxis which were annoying and unreliable, but after Uber came and left there was literally no way at all to get from point A to point B without getting a ride from a friend.

Regardless I will admit I misread the issue stated in the article a bit and addressed that more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42097052

[rangestransform]

Did uber leave or did your city scare them off

[Rapzid]

In Texas most times I called a cab I expected them to never come. Only exception was scheduled airport rides a day or more in advance.

[20after4]

Yep, and that scheduled ride costs $100