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Are there these large armies of people who can afford and pay for taxis over public transportation at 1x but not exceptionally during a topical storm at 5x or 1
by herge 12y ago
Are there these large armies of people who can afford and pay for taxis over public transportation at 1x but not exceptionally during a topical storm at 5x or 10x? A taxi is already a luxury good.
- dandelany 12y agoAre there large armies of people who make >$100k/year but <$1M? Yes.
- herge 12y ago200 dollars is not a big emergency expense for someone who makes more than $100k per year.
- dandelany 12y agoDepending on your definition of emergency, it is when you live in NYC and your rent costs $2k/month. If by emergency you mean "hurricane" - sure. But surge pricing happens every time there's a rainstorm.
- akgerber 12y agoMost New Yorkers don't own cars, but there are still trips that are very inconvenient by public transit (especially with kids or luggage or ...). So it makes a lot of financial sense for a lot of people of all means to use taxis/car services occasionally to supplement mass transit, as opposed to buying (and very expensively insuring!) a car for the occasional trip that's hard to take transit for.