I grew up in LA - Uber is a practical car replacement option if you stay largely within your neighborhood or city. This isn't how most people in the basin live

I grew up in LA - Uber is a practical car replacement option if you stay largely within your neighborhood or city. This isn't how most people in the basin live however - many (if not most) live at least 10, but usually closer to 20-25 miles from work, and rely on the freeway to get them to work - 50+ miles a day even in an UberX is not practical from a cost basis - not when you consider the large number of people who don't go out and buy a large luxury car, but instead pick up a beater economy car from craigslist, or something that they bought new a decade or more prior. The comparison however does work when you consider someone who commutes under 10 miles each way a day, and buys a new car every 3-5 years.