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Teens can summon an Uber or Lyft with the tap of a finger. The Washington Post with their fingers on the pulse of working class families here.

crazygringo 4y ago
Getting the occasional Lyft/Uber is a heck of a lot cheaper than buying a second (or third) car. Even for working class families. Taking one twice a day, of course, not so much.
- 7speter 4y ago
  There was a such thing as cheap beaters not too long ago…
  - crazygringo 4y ago
    Still requires insurance, inspections, place to park it, maintenance, etc. Surely you agree that there are situations in which Lyft/Uber wind up cheaper.
  - UncleOxidant 4y ago
    Insurance for teen drivers is quite high, especially for males.
  - foxyv 4y ago
    Not really anymore. It used to be you could get a beater for $300-500 that would do pretty well. Now, if a car is running it's worth at least $3000. The insurance costs have skyrocketed because now people are driving rolling house payments and if your teenager crashes into them it will cost 50k+ to replace them. Parts and maintenance are through the roof. Rates at shops are up to $200-300 per hour and parts have nearly doubled. Cars are just not sustainable anymore. If I were a kid I would prefer an E-bike or a moped/motorcycle like a Honda Supercub. Orders of magnitude cheaper than a beater right now.
bloqs 4y ago
More than you might think. Ordering rides is a status symbol in its own way now, cars are very expensive particularly to insure and maintain with fuel. Plus, if you are the driver you cant jam with your friends in the same way. Additionally, anxiety and agorophobia are heightened with the younger gen given their raised environment, so it makes sense.
- selimthegrim 4y ago
  Raised environment?
  - FrontierPsych 4y ago
    Parents drop off and pick up kids everywhere, all events are carefully planned and supervised by adults. When I was a kid...(here we go)...I was out everywhere on my own all day starting at 4-years-old - we would go out and around the close neighborhood. Year by year, the horizons keep espending and getting that first bike at 6-years-old - went everywhere. And by 8-year-old, we were for sure out every day, especially in the summer, just run out the front door, be gone all day, not tell parents what you were doing or going. If you stayed around the house, they would yell at you go get the hell out of the house. It's not like that any more, or so I hear. So, kids are raised in an environment where they have everything done for them, under constant supervision and catering to them, not allowing them to do anything on their own.

crazygringo 4y ago

Getting the occasional Lyft/Uber is a heck of a lot cheaper than buying a second (or third) car. Even for working class families. Taking one twice a day, of course, not so much.

7speter 4y ago
There was a such thing as cheap beaters not too long ago…
- crazygringo 4y ago
  Still requires insurance, inspections, place to park it, maintenance, etc. Surely you agree that there are situations in which Lyft/Uber wind up cheaper.
- UncleOxidant 4y ago
  Insurance for teen drivers is quite high, especially for males.
- foxyv 4y ago
  Not really anymore. It used to be you could get a beater for $300-500 that would do pretty well. Now, if a car is running it's worth at least $3000. The insurance costs have skyrocketed because now people are driving rolling house payments and if your teenager crashes into them it will cost 50k+ to replace them. Parts and maintenance are through the roof. Rates at shops are up to $200-300 per hour and parts have nearly doubled. Cars are just not sustainable anymore. If I were a kid I would prefer an E-bike or a moped/motorcycle like a Honda Supercub. Orders of magnitude cheaper than a beater right now.

bloqs 4y ago

More than you might think. Ordering rides is a status symbol in its own way now, cars are very expensive particularly to insure and maintain with fuel. Plus, if you are the driver you cant jam with your friends in the same way. Additionally, anxiety and agorophobia are heightened with the younger gen given their raised environment, so it makes sense.

selimthegrim 4y ago
Raised environment?
- FrontierPsych 4y ago
  Parents drop off and pick up kids everywhere, all events are carefully planned and supervised by adults. When I was a kid...(here we go)...I was out everywhere on my own all day starting at 4-years-old - we would go out and around the close neighborhood. Year by year, the horizons keep espending and getting that first bike at 6-years-old - went everywhere. And by 8-year-old, we were for sure out every day, especially in the summer, just run out the front door, be gone all day, not tell parents what you were doing or going. If you stayed around the house, they would yell at you go get the hell out of the house. It's not like that any more, or so I hear. So, kids are raised in an environment where they have everything done for them, under constant supervision and catering to them, not allowing them to do anything on their own.