Not only NYC-centric, but affluent NYC-centric. One of the advantages of Uber is that you can get your ride to wherever you need to go, whoever you are and the

Not only NYC-centric, but affluent NYC-centric. One of the advantages of Uber is that you can get your ride to wherever you need to go, whoever you are and the drivers have far less to worry about. I've heard many stories about people saying that cabs and private hire companies simply wouldn't go to <neighbourhood> or pick up people who sounded non-white-affluent, meaning a large swath of people were discriminated against and couldn't get rides. With Uber/Lyft, the driver doesn't know what I look like, what I sound like, or where I'm going until I'm in the car. And the driver has no reason to discriminate because he's getting paid regardless.