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Re:Uber drivers gang up to cause surge pricing, research says by jdauriemma on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @01:13PM (#14912503)
So true. Good luck getting a driver to pick you up around Wacker. Upper/lower confuses the heck out of the uninitiated.
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Re:Uber drivers gang up to cause surge pricing, research says by THE_PUN_STOPS on Thursday August 03, 2017 @10:32AM (#14919894)
For the uninitiated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacker_Drive

Chicago has also begotten the most amazingly complicated 3D road diagram in America: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Chicago_...

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Re:Uber drivers gang up to cause surge pricing, research says by wenc on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:02PM (#14914094)
I would normally assume Upper. Where would one pick up passengers on Lower Wacker? (genuinely curious, not being snarky).

Apart from the fact GPSes don't really work on Lower Wacker, so it's hard to nail down the pickup location on the app.

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Re:Uber drivers gang up to cause surge pricing, research says by jdauriemma on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:45AM (#14970375)
No idea, but many drivers who aren't familiar with the area just follow the GPS and end up getting lost down there.
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