I would take Uber over rude Manhattan cabbies any day. My personal experience with Manhattan taxi drivers after living in NYC for last two years.
1) They drive as if they are on a rally track. I have had never experienced motion sickness before until I moved to Manhattan.
2) If you ignore the tip or tip them in the range of $1-3 you get snarky remarks from them.
3) If you try to hail a cab and (regrettably) ask the taxi driver to drive you to a place where their chances of hailing a passenger back are slim then they will rudely turn you away (Tip: First hop in then tell the direction. It is a NYC law).
I can go on and on but point being Uber is the much needed necessary evil in scarce resource cities like Manhattan.
1) They drive as if they are on a rally track. I have had never experienced motion sickness before until I moved to Manhattan.
2) If you ignore the tip or tip them in the range of $1-3 you get snarky remarks from them.
3) If you try to hail a cab and (regrettably) ask the taxi driver to drive you to a place where their chances of hailing a passenger back are slim then they will rudely turn you away (Tip: First hop in then tell the direction. It is a NYC law).
I can go on and on but point being Uber is the much needed necessary evil in scarce resource cities like Manhattan.