Why is this.

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  1. Stu9

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    In the UK dam near everyone with these cars and the generation 2 and all foreign owned and mainly taxi.
    I know the States is huge compared to the UK with many different races but there seem to be more of a different owner than the UK.
    If there are any from the UK, why is that.
     
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    Will If you come to the US and look at taxi cabs and their drivers you'll see very similar a lot of Arabs Middle East people that sort of thing driving cabs not Prius taxis because we don't have those here so much here they'll be driving Prius as delivery vehicles not really for people hauling but to deliver food and junk Amazon flex and DoorDash and all of that The people that were doing all the screaming during the pandemic of how they weren't making any money and they had to be considered essential workers and all that stuff.
     
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    Ok, I think it is mainly in England not Scotland as the 2 Prius I have 2 and 3 were both ex taxi from London.
    Here it is mainly Eastern people asking them. Delivery people here in Scotland are a mixture of company vans or private cars. The just eat mob are usually on electric cycles and again Eastern origin.
     
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    In Texas I never see a taxi anymore. Uber drivers took that business and they drive personal cars which are very diverse.

    To "hail" an Uber means opening their app and telling it where you want to go. You immediately get prices and times.

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    these are jobs natives won't do for the most part. and they think they are saving money driving a prius, or it is required in some large cities.
     
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    In the UK it is 99% Eastern people driving and selling them.
     
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    westerners don't like prius?
     
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    Just don't hail this cab
     
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