# Have you ever hailed a taxi?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-hailed-a-taxi/966224>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 15, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-hailed-a-taxi/966224 "2022-06-15T09:28:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-hailed-a-taxi/966224/61 "2022-09-08T21:09:16Z")

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Good point!

In our case, we were in Manhattan, not far away from Times Square. In other areas, yeah, the answer would be quite different.

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**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-hailed-a-taxi/966224/62 "2022-09-08T21:44:52Z")

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> [@Mama\_Zappa](#):
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> When I was planning a girls’ weekend in NYC, some of the friends coming from other areas were talking about “we’ll just call an Uber” when wanting to go somewhere. I had to basically point them to the street and say “see that yellow thing? Stick your arm out and it’ll stop for you”.

Having been in many cabs in NYC, I’d greatly prefer waiting for an Uber. Cabs in New York, like many other places, are often a terrible experience. I’ve never had a bad Uber ride (although I certainly acknowledge it could happen).

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