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Re:Google Ventures Puts $258M Into Uber, Its Largest Deal Ever by phillmv on Friday August 23, 2013 @12:31AM (#6261732)
It's really hard to get a cab in San Francisco and not it's not easy in New York either.

Contrast with Toronto, where it's a no brainer on major streets (and we have Hailo here, which works pretty darn well but uses regular cabs), or in Montreal where I've had cab drivers almost get into accidents fighting over who saw me first.

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Re:Google Ventures Puts $258M Into Uber, Its Largest Deal Ever by graeme on Friday August 23, 2013 @11:20AM (#6264127)
That makes a lot of sense. I almost missed a train in NYC due to not being able to hail a cab.

In a lot of smaller Canadian cities they take a while to arrive. But I have had ZERO bad experiences in Montreal and Toronto. The system works pretty well.

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