tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post6507605241000016119..comments2023-10-30T11:47:53.134-04:00Comments on why.i.hate.dc: News Bullets, the other 38% Tuesday;Dave Strouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-75031514837472018722009-11-25T11:41:48.629-05:002009-11-25T11:41:48.629-05:00IMGoph called it. My husband and I live in a quie...IMGoph called it. My husband and I live in a quiet area in SE, near Congressional Cemetery. If a cab drives up and asks where we're going, and we tell him the address, 95% of the time they just drive off - and we're white. So we've taken to getting in the cab first before telling them our destination; even so, we've had many drivers tell us to get out of the cab, flat out refusing to take us to our destination. The later at night it is, the harder it is to get a cab to drive us home. <br /><br />It's ridiculous. My husband - a night-time bartender - has found a solution: he has a VA hack on speed-dial, who he pays twice the metered rate just so he can get home after his shift.<br /><br />This story isn't news to me - I used to live in Baltimore, another predominately African American city, and people have the same problem there. From what I could tell, it was also sexist - the men I knew always had a harder time getting a cab than women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-31613658876808741342009-11-24T13:14:32.654-05:002009-11-24T13:14:32.654-05:00The cab thing reminds me of a story I heard from a...The cab thing reminds me of a story I heard from a bartender in New York who visited D.C. a while ago. Said their cab was beset by prostitutes on one of the avenues downtown. It's a jungle out there.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/11907796642043083093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-65861788640042315312009-11-24T10:20:53.167-05:002009-11-24T10:20:53.167-05:00cabs discriminate against anyone trying to go some...cabs discriminate against anyone trying to go somewhere outside of wards 1, 2, and 3. i've had friends who live in woodridge denied a ride from logan circle. gotta do what david alpert <a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=715" rel="nofollow">did</a> and refuse to budge until the idiot driver follows the law.IMGophhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389077782536090328noreply@blogger.com