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Now that venture capital is drying up and gas prices are exploding, I hope Uber implodes.

• api 4y ago
  I would if it didn't mean I might have to use taxis. The taxi experience has been so consistently horrible I'd rather walk if I could. My favorite is the routine of pretending the credit card machine is broken and trying to get me to stop at an ATM so they can get cash. Had one actually threaten to call the cops on me for not paying if I didn't do that after pretending the credit card machine was broken. Refused to drop the ruse. Of course I must admit that most of these bad experiences were in San Francisco, a city of passive aggressiveness all the way down from the top. I have to admit that taxi experiences in New York and Boston were better, though the latter was kind of stupid expensive. Experiences in medium sized cities like Cincinnati have been hit or miss. Everything related to transportation sucks. Most airlines suck, airports suck, train systems are incompetently run, buses are slow, cars are expensive, taxis are corrupt, Uber is abusive, and... well... I guess bikes are dangerous and horses smell.
  • xorfish 4y ago
    > Everything related to transportation sucks. That is not the case everywhere. There are plenty of walkable places with good public transport systems. As the saying goes: "A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation."