Home ownership is the only practical way in which the general public can access leveraged asset price inflation. There has to be big transformation in the economy before home ownership is seen as a cost centre rather than the most profitable investment most people will ever make.
Sounds like the system is working exactly as intended to me.
I'm kind of curious what you were doing to the drivers since it's dog eat dog enough out there that drivers will pretty much take any fare that's semi-reasonable and they don't think they're going to die.
I don’t use Uber anymore, so it’s less of a personal issue and more of an overreaching policy issue as Uber attempts (poorly) to supplant public transit and personal vehicles with their product.
My vision for the future is that the combination of dropping solar costs, the ability to work remotely, and the high cost of home ownership will open up new areas of land for communities to develop where it was not feasible before.
Combined with other trends like tiny homes, 'van dwelling', etc, it seems to make sense: people want to live high quality lifestyles without the high cost.
I picked up 5 acres in the california desert for a few thousand dollars, I lived there in a trailer for a while and learned a lot - I'm convinced it will become more popular as people start to realize it's doable.