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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Mar 2014

    If some cities ban Uber and others don't, the ones that ban it will seem backward to visitors.

    12:54 AM - 5 Mar 2014
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      1. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 5 Mar 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg To non-Americans, the transit issue which determines backwardness is not the availability of Uber, but rather usable public transit.

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      1. James Foster‏ @jamessfoster 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg Same with many actions govt can take. Good public transport, smoking bans, clean sidewalks, nutrition labeling, cycling lanes, etc.

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      1. Ben Gilbert‏ @gilbert 5 Mar 2014
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        .@paulg Yep. Any city trying to increase tourism has an easy answer here: welcome Uber and friends.

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      1. Ilya Sukhar‏ @ilyasu 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg i recently complained that seattle taxis don't have automated CC machines. my sf friends responded, "you take taxis?"

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      1. Who's Driving You?‏ @WhosDrivingYou 7 Mar 2014
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        @paulg Different perspective: Cities that don’t ban Uber/Lyft may have its taxi fleets wiped out. Imagine what that would look like.

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      1. EdLevinson‏ @EdLevinson 5 Mar 2014
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        Only to the Tech 1%. “@paulg: If some cities ban Uber and others don't, the ones that ban it will seem backward to visitors.” @kaler

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      1. Matthew‏ @MatthewEdanWoo 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg advantages of reaching a global level of ubiquitousness

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      1. Rakesh Agrawal‏Verified account @RakeshAgrawal 5 Mar 2014
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        cc @HARMembers @GRBCC @houstontxdotgov RT @paulg: If some cities ban Uber & others don't, the 1s that ban it will seem backward to visitors.

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      1. Uriah Z Maynard‏ @uriahz 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg Portland has had in-app taxi ordering/payment for 2 years. What's the advantage of letting Uber abuse their VC to corner the market?

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      1. Uriah Z Maynard‏ @uriahz 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg A company that takes the attitude of 'Fuck local governance, we're building a monopoly here' does not deserve to exist.

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      2. Uriah Z Maynard‏ @uriahz 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg I guess banning Uber everywhere is the only solution. Silicon valley should stop expecting special treatment for their pet projects.

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      3. Jonathan Broquist‏ @jbroquist 5 Mar 2014
        Replying to @uriahz

        .@uriahz a company that grosses roughly $1B a year can hardly be considered a “pet project” by anyone’s standards. @Uber

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      4. Uriah Z Maynard‏ @uriahz 5 Mar 2014
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        @jbroquist The point is that SV ppl seem to have a totally distorted picture of what @Uber actually is. Makes the whole culture look bad.

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      1. Merism Capital‏ @merismcapital 5 Mar 2014
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        Ahahaha "@paulg: If some cities ban Uber and others don't, the ones that ban it will seem backward to visitors."

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      1. howoriginal‏ @howoriginal 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg foreseeable issue

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      2. Jim Gray‏ @grayj_ 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg Not sure they'd respond as well to that vs. evidence of cultural & commercial benefits of jobs & transportation infrastructure.

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      3. Jim Gray‏ @grayj_ 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg "You'd seem backwards" is likely to be dismissed as "those hyper-adoptive SV snobs looking down at us again, like always."

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      1. Jonathan Broquist‏ @jbroquist 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg What’s worse is cities like SLC heavily fine Uber drivers if they’re caught in “Taxi Zones” like airports. #DiscouragingOpenMarkets

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      1. Diane Wu‏ @dna_nerd 5 Mar 2014
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        @paulg analogous to #bitcoin?

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