In NYC, I'll take a cab. Just about everywhere else in America I get a Lyft. Why? Because taxi dispatch sucks. The cabs never come, or they come very late. The

In NYC, I'll take a cab. Just about everywhere else in America I get a Lyft. Why? Because taxi dispatch sucks. The cabs never come, or they come very late. The dispatch operators are rude if you ask where the cab you called is. In some places, like Albany, NY, the cabs will take detours to pick up other passengers without asking you or telling you that's what will happen. Etc. If you live in most of America, and want to get somewhere, and the public transit sucks, Lyft gets you there. Taxis just don't.