I would totally agree with you there regarding getting to/from a random place. Getting to downtown from where I grew up was a cool half hour drive, and no cab w

I would totally agree with you there regarding getting to/from a random place. Getting to downtown from where I grew up was a cool half hour drive, and no cab would dare giving you a ride down there. In that way, Uber definitely added value to anyone who didn't want to park downtown for an evening. I just assumed that that was not the majority of ride-sharing usage, where most of the action was in NYC/LA where cab-usage was already relatively high.