This is true. Cabs can be _very_ expensive here. A 10 min drive can easily cost you $40 - and lots of people do take the taxi when going out / downtown during

This is true. Cabs can be _very_ expensive here. A 10 min drive can easily cost you $40 - and lots of people do take the taxi when going out / downtown during weekends. Even more so when they're heading back home. We do have public transportation, like night busses that drive every 30 / 60 mins, and through the most populated routes. But still, we do have pirate / illegal taxis. Basically young adults that will drive you wherever for half the price what a taxi would take. But yeah, it feels that we simply use taxis a lot less over here. It's mostly traveling people, older folks that aren't mobile enough, and similar.. and of course the hordes of people going to and from downtown during weekends. People are very good at using public transportation.