are so expensive

From the 1940s to 2014, taxi medallions had been a better investment than any other conventional investment. My father also saw this first hand through the growth in value of his friends' medallions that were purchased in the early '90s. It was also still more cost effective to own one than to lease one. Being the optimist he is, he valued the role that drivers played. On top of a world class public transportation system, taxis were an iconic part of both the aesthetic and the underbelly of the economy.

It all changed in 2015.

Uber, Lyft and other ride share companies proliferated in the market. The reason why medallion prices were so high is because there was a limited supply but high demand. That model broke whenbag down. His voice weak, tears in his eyes. He told her that after 25 years of blood, sweat, and tears, he was a failure. He's back to where he started.

Weakness in the strongest person you know is a pain difficult pain to describe.

I called him after to see how he was doing. He was cleaning the taxi that properly looks naked now. Picking up loose change left in between seats, the broken shards of a three decade dream. He said he knew it was coming, but it's hard.

It was $100K and a lot of time not spent with us that he could have spent with us that he didn't in chasing the dream.

In whatever Punjabi words I could summon up, I reminded him that he was not