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Uber Serves the Poor by Going Where Taxis Don't
If you think of it as an app for rich kids, think again.
Taxi rivals looming.
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Who is Uber good for?
People talk about the ride-sharing service as if it's mostly a boon for rich people, who have conspired with the titans of Silicon Valley to take food out of the mouths of hardworking taxi drivers. And sure, what's good for Uber is bad for taxi drivers -- or at least, bad for the owners of taxi medallions. But the assumption that the beneficiaries are rich is a little strange.