How can that be anywhere near financially sustainable.

All you have to do is basic math.

Monthly car payment (which is higher if you're poor) + monthly gas spent (which is higher if you buy it in a poor neighborhood) + monthly insurance (which is likely to be higher if you're poor, and/or live in a poor neighborhood) + maintenance is very often far less than what it costs to take a rideshare ride 14 times a week.

When I drove for Uber, about 20% of my rides were people commuting to and from work who could not afford a car.

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epolanski 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Aren't you going 20 times per month, twice, that's 40 rides.

At an average 25$ you're spending 1'000$/month on Uber.

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reaperducer 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Aren't you going 20 times per week, twice, that's 40 rides.

Work 5 days a week = 10 rides. Plus four rides on the weekend, or not. That's why I used 14.

Where do you get 40 rides per week?

At an average 25$ you're spending 1'000$/month on Uber.

Even if someone did 40 rides per week at your posited average of $25/ride, that's $4,000, not $1,000. Are you letting an LLM do math for you?

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ssl-3 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They showed their work and named their units. Their math is fine.

If work happens 5 days per week, each workday requires two rides, and there are 4 weeks in a month, then there are 40 rides per month. If each of those rides costs $25, then:

5 × 2 × 4 × $25 = $1,000, per month

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reaperducer 13 hours ago | parent [-]

But he didn't state per month. He stated per week, then went back and changed his comment after I replied.

Guess you didn't notice that I quoted him.

	▲	ssl-3 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You're so right! That's such a great load-bearing detail! I especially liked the part where you quoted "1'000$/month" and got yourself all confused about the intended conclusion anyway! Good chat, my friend!

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surajrmal 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

40 rides a month, not week. I'm not sure you're in a position to accuse folks of not doing math when you don't seem to read very well.

	▲	reaperducer 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Read what I quoted. He edited his comment after I replied.

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epolanski 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You knew very well there was a typo in the first sentence, and decided to look foolish none the less.

It was clearly a per month calculation.