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I don't see how Uber would not be unviable anywhere. As a driver, even if you have one rider per month, why not make an extra $10?

WRT "made worse by distances" Bay Area is actually pretty sprawling itself. I don't think any rural community will have its points of interests further apart than Bay Area has.

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Uber doesn't offer service in much of the rural US now. There's a ride service specifically for rural areas called Liberty: http://libertymobilitynow.com/

But even these are for micropolitan areas with populations on the order of 40,000. There is still no service for more remote areas.

Let's say you're on Hartz IV. The $10 have to be accounted for at the social security system, and if you earn to many of them $10's, you don't get to keep them.

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