What It's Like to Live in a City That's Lost Uber

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3 pointsjedberg6 comments

Umm... unless we have some young children on here, we all remember life prior to 2009. Many cities still don't have Uber at all yet.

I take you didn't read the article.

My quibble was with the headline, which doesn't match the article very well.

Edit: the headline was changed to be less bait-y.

I hated the headline too but the HN rules require you to use the original. I edited myself because of the confusion.

I just saw this, and I would have submitted it based on the subtitle, something like "the aftermath of the Uber/Lyft pullout from Austin". That seems more descriptive of the content and less clickbaity.

Or perhaps the article is just poorly researched.

Example:

"Meanwhile, ten thousand drivers are out of a job—or at least a second job."

Ten thousand? That sounds ridiculously inflated, given that Austin has fewer than 700 actual cabs.[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_the_United_States

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