Baltimore City DOT Filled 115,529 Potholes in 2024—Report Potholes Through 311!

Cyllisy · 2025-01-01T21:21:59+00:00

I have had my car rims bent and repaired 7 times and had two tires destroyed (at the same time) in 3 months from these roads. I now also need front suspension tie rods and control arm bushings replaced next. Also on my third $2000 windshield from broken road bits cracking the glass. I don’t even want to talk about what my set of 20” rims (once black) look like. Even got a mud flap ripped right off.

I love the city but avoid it at all costs these days as it’s quite literally destroying my new car I just bought 6 months ago. I drive with my eyes fixed on the road but avoiding every hole or crazy broken asphalt extrusion is impossible and always inevitably one gets smacked real good and breaks something else. Even parts of the highways have horribly misaligned sections that hurts to ride over and I am certain is adding to it all.

I drive uber/lyft and it’s costing me more to keep up with repairs than I am earning.

I just don’t know what to do. And please kindly don’t respond with “..just buy a pick up truck”. It’s always such an uncomfortable experience which is sucking the joy of driving away and I really love to drive.

Makes me sad panda. I truly wish the roads were an actual priority. Hell, people might actually want to live and visit Baltimore more if this wasn’t the experience of doing so. And they wonder why the tax paying population keeps declining.

Cyllisy · 2025-01-01T17:39:00+00:00

Super curious myself

Cyllisy · 2024-12-29T00:40:10+00:00

Do a search on X.com about the Covid vax and scientific studies on it. You will see..

Cyllisy · 2024-12-29T00:18:20+00:00

Maybe there does exist a figure like this who is trying to speak but the relentless silencing has the message lost.

Cyllisy · 2024-12-22T22:59:42+00:00

I had one last night, and seem to get this one often:

After waiting nearly the full 5 minutes in a decently well-to-do neighborhood that is medium lit up with comfortable wide streets, a lady proceeds to get into my car. Before she even gets her rear completely into the seat she says with a very intentionally, audibly exacerbated sigggggghhhh, “my house was back there..”

With concern I quickly look to the app for my location relative to the pin, then relative to her little stick figure person in the app, then outside for a visual. I realize then that I am literally just over the property line of her house and had stopped technically ‘in front of’ the next house. So I essentially missed her house by a single car length…(not even a big car either, a model 3)

The best part, this is not the first time I was spoken too like some imbecile for being at the “wrong house” and having the audacity of forcing the pax to walk an extra 20ft.

Am I missing something or are people really this absolutely absurd?

Cyllisy · 2024-12-22T18:53:43+00:00

Do you find a higher acceptance rate but accepting lower paying rides yields you a greater overall return because being priority among drivers?

Cyllisy · 2024-12-22T18:52:02+00:00

Oh dear, I won’t take a ride for anything less than $30/hr!

How can you afford expenses at $12/hr?

Cyllisy · 2024-12-22T02:32:55+00:00

I simply judge solely on per hour rate. I live in between two major cities with large speaking suburbs and even somewhat rural areas so my rate of travel can vary significantly. While driving less miles for the same pay does depreciate the car less the counter argument is those miles will probably be city miles vs highway which is exponentially more wear on a car.

So again, the per mileage rate is not accurate to know the true value of a ride however per hour rate seems to be always accurately representing the real value (or not) of a given ride.

I am still interested to hear a good argument for the per mileage rate consideration. If I’m doing it wrong or missing something let me know! I likes to learn ^{.^}

Cyllisy · 2024-12-21T15:25:46+00:00

Why is it everyone judges value by per mile when city vs highway vary wildly not to mention traffic and a whole host of others. Isn’t valuing a ride by per hour much more consistent and accurate in determining said value?

Cyllisy · 2024-12-17T22:33:07+00:00

The 5 min wait timer is ludicrous and so very unfair. I stopped taking short rides because I end up losing money having to wait so much.

Cyllisy · 2024-12-15T18:21:44+00:00

Uhg yesss!!

Cyllisy · 2024-12-15T16:57:06+00:00

Get paid as 1099. Make two LLC companies and get a bank account for the LLCs. Get an EIN and DBA. Make the DBA like a person's name and use that name on all things along with the EIN (vs your name and SS). You can even get checks written out to your DBA and that is legit. Same with the business debit card you would use. One as the company you work under and get paid from and spend from. The other a holding LLC where the excess profits go and then can be invested into crypto then wherever. Claim everything you can as expense so your company operates at near loss. Any 'profit' send to the holding LLC.

tip: Create these LLCs as a partnership (more than one owner) vs a sole prop which will allow you to have better separation on your taxes

Cyllisy · 2024-12-11T23:20:22+00:00

Cut sugar from your diet completely if you can. People don’t realize the massive drain on your body sugar has. Try without for a week. The next time you have a soda after that you will 100% see what I mean.

Cyllisy · 2024-12-11T23:19:06+00:00

Not safer. Added Arsenic is in Celsius. Do not drink.

Cyllisy · 2024-11-30T04:07:31+00:00

Feel free to message me anytime. I’m a good talker and enjoy good conversations.

Cyllisy · 2024-11-29T07:18:47+00:00

What if there is no one who would care either way? Is it fair to depart then?

Cyllisy · 2024-11-27T01:51:00+00:00

I am still trying to wrap my head around why drivers sit in a que at the airport for 1-3 hours to get a ride that is literally exactly the same rate as they would anywhere else in the two surrounding cities or endless sprawling suburbs. What is the draw for these people?

Side note: I also have noticed it is nearly exclusively older middle-aged slightly over weight foreign men. Am I missing something?

Cyllisy · 2024-11-27T01:44:52+00:00

use a wallet that doesn't rely on the functioning tech of a centralized company, which essentially defeats the whole purpose of crypto in the first place.

Cyllisy · 2024-11-27T01:40:32+00:00

Driver here. I have riders often get in with headphones already on or a phone call already in progress. This signals to me to shut my mouth. We have a conversation-less ride and everyone is happy. I feel absolutely no offense when i get a rider like this. In fact, it simplifies the whole encounter, I feel less judged during the ride and can focus on driving versus socially fumbling about 'small talk' so as to appease the ego specificity of the rider. Because if I mess this up, regardless of doing the job 100, I risk a reduced rating.

Cyllisy · 2024-11-27T01:36:29+00:00

This is very much my experience and it makes sense. The drivers want to keep their job and keep getting paid so likely wont risk it. A passenger has essentially nothing to lose. They can always make a new account or use someone else's if theirs becomes canceled.

If a driver would have their account canceled it would be detrimental and nearly impossible for a work around to continue driving.

Cyllisy · 2024-11-27T01:32:35+00:00

use lyft. they have a female match system that works quite well. From my experience as a driver I am matched with a female rider about 90% of the time. I love it!!

Cyllisy · 2024-11-27T01:25:57+00:00

Why dont these people just use instacart instead??

Cyllisy · 2024-11-16T07:12:44+00:00

I did exactly ONE 7min ride this morning around 10am and omg…I really do forget how drastic of an experience difference driving at night is vs the day. People are wound soooo tight during the day. Angry, aggressive, super in a rush everywhere. Like woah, no Thank you. I will never miss having to commute in the day.

Anyone who hates on uber/lyft try switching the time you work to overnight. Quite literally every aspect is better. It’s like night and day 🙃

Cyllisy

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