Prediction: GPS jammers will become a huge thing and maybe even a sport. People are not going to like this at all. I fly drones. They are very noisy for just one, let alone hundreds/thousands. Combine this with Amazon delivering packages and stuff. Our skies are about to become a lot more crowded, noisy and distracting.
Forget that, I'm starting a new sport for the gentry: it's called "Urban Duck Hunting," and the targets might include fowl, but it will already be deep-fried.
Why do people use Uber Eats? One of the benefits of living in an Urban area is the ability to walk places. I also get using Uber eats if you’re ordering in with family or friends.
That’s not what I see with Uber eats. I see people ordering one sub from Firehouse. Or a burger from McDonald’s. I’ve never felt so lazy I needed to tip someone and pay extra for McDonald’s or Chipotle and I can be lazy.
Same with grocery shopping. I’d never pay extra to have someone do it for me but it’s pretty popular in my area.
In my case, it's because I'm busy at work, and the time I'd spend walking from the office to some restaurant is time that could be spent actually working.
That, and the places from which I order sometimes ain't even readily walkable in the first place unless my employer's okay with me taking a multiple-hour lunch break to walk from the office (near The Embarcadero) to, say, MAC'D (near Van Ness, so a 30+ minute walk each way even assuming I'm of at least average fitness, which I am very much not).
Re: grocery shopping, I've never done it (aside from a couple tries with Amazon Fresh), but I can understand and appreciate the time savings.
I live in an area exactly as you describe. While stuff might be technically walkable, it still could be 20+ minute walk each way to the "close" places I want to go.
https://youtu.be/9ql5iwIybB8?t=711