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by 30thElement
4522 days ago
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Quite honestly, I'm surprised it's that low. 37% of households in Manhattan make over 100k/year[1]. Take into account that taxis are mainly concentrated in the high income areas (read: not Harlem) and the "nearly half" works out to basically the demographic split of the area, not the result of trying to keep poor people out of cabs. Also, before anyone points out that the limited supply is keeping taxis out of the poorer areas, there recently introduced boro cabs[2] are meant to solve this specifically, with limited areas where they can pick up passengers and a much cheaper medallion ($500/year instead of ~$200k/year). [1] http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boro_taxi |
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