This also means that if your destination is in a bad neighborhood, you are likely to go ignored (unless there is serious surge pricing in effect). This is the

This also means that if your destination is in a bad neighborhood, you are likely to go ignored (unless there is serious surge pricing in effect). This is the "loss leader" of the industry: long trips from city center to an area which is a) considered "dangerous", and/or b) unlikely to have a fare for the return trip. This is where licensing makes a difference: in New York, for example, a cab that picks you up at the airport was required to take you anywhere in the five boroughs you wanted to go as a condition of the medallion.