Friend spends about 3k per month transporting to and from work daily for safety.
Manhattan
effing pro abortion too. including Lyft. That’s why I take taxi cabs if needed.
“The average Uber trip costs more per mile in the Big Apple than any other US city,....”
As well it should.
Peeps in NYC shouldn’t be moving around, but just stay plugged into the matrix.
Nashville at #2 should have been the headline, not NYC at #1. Journalistic standards are abysmal.
A friend of mine lived in NYC back in the 90s with a job paying well into 6 figures.
He tried to live like he had in Texas.
When he returned his minimum credit card payment was more that I owed for everything I owed in total.
I spent a yr in NY. The subway takes you everywhere you need to go. I used a taxi maybe twice the whole time I was there.
A cabby has to earn. Chauffeured vehicles should be considered luxuries because they are. They are not the deserved spoils of petulant teens.
Kids, if you haven’t emancipated yourself yet beg your parents to drive you but expect to walk. I could suggest destinations.
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/tlc/passengers/taxi-fare.page
Taxi is roughly $3 + $2.50/mile
I think the subway & bus fare was $2.75 when I was last in NYC.
$34 for six miles is about $17/hour for walking about two hours
In fact, Uber doesn't even really try to compete with taxi cabs in many parts of NYC. That's because NYC is one of the few places in North America where you can literally step off a sidewalk and wave down a cab on the street, so the convenience of calling Uber through an app isn't as important in NYC. Uber fills a niche for NYC customers who want a more comfortable ride than a traditional yellow cab, even if it is a bit more expensive.
Expensive Uber rides are going to hurt restaurants, too. It will add a $30-60 dollar surcharge to meals. I’m guessing what it would add, so if I’m under, oops!
In NYC you STILL must mask up to ride in an Uber.