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There is a restaurant in Chicago called El Ideas http://www.eater.com/2015/4/27/8486425/phillip-foss-el-ideas-chicago http://www.eater.com/2015/4/27/8486425/phi
by vasilipupkin 11y ago
There is a restaurant in Chicago called El Ideas
http://www.eater.com/2015/4/27/8486425/phillip-foss-el-ideas-chicago http://www.eater.com/2015/4/27/8486425/phillip-foss-el-ideas...
It's in a neighborhood that has no cabs and driving there not pleasant or convenient. Last night the chef told me if it wasn't for Uber, they probably wouldn't have survived
- tzs 11y agoWhy did they put their restaurant in a location that depends on a single, possibly illegal, transportation service to get their customers to them? Was that location easier to get to when they opened?
- eru 11y agoIn theory, they should pay lower rent for a bad location. Uber, in driving up their profits, should in the longer term also drive up their rent. The landlord will eat all the advantage eventually.
- vasilipupkin 11y agoit won't drive up their rent, because it's a really not a great neighborhood and doesn't show any sign of improving
- eru 11y agoNeighbourhood with Uber is commercially better than neighbourhood without Uber. Thus, rent should go up.
- vasilipupkin 11y agomaybe, but it will stay ridiculously low for reasons unrelated to Uber
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- vasilipupkin 11y agoFirst of all, it's perfectly legal in Illinois and Chicago in particular, because Illinois and Uber worked it out. Secondly, obviously because rent is significantly cheaper in that neighborhood.