Showing posts with label gentrification. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gentrification. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

What's Gentrification Anyway?




From Behind the Wheel: A Lyft Driver's Log


After getting coffee at Philz, I go into driver mode. I cruise through the Mission waiting for a ride request. I’ve found that when I circle the neighborhood east of Van Ness, I’m more likely to get a passenger than if I were on Valencia, where the other drivers congregate with the taxis and towncars. I can see my fellow Lyfters in the app: little black avatars that disappear when they accept rides or go offline.