Uber Banned from East Hampton, Bravolebrities Not Pleased

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As of last Friday, the town of East Hampton—located between the equally fancy towns of Southampton and Montauk—has banned Uber. No one is happy about this, including Uber (the town's taxi-licensing law now requires taxi companies to have a physical office in the town), but most of all, the people who make the Hamptons great: Rich people.

There was Andy Cohen:

.@LarryCantwellEH I am trying to be a responsible citizen. I don't drink & drive. Plz don't ban my designated driver in EHampton, @uber.

— Andy Cohen (@Andy) June 6, 2015

And the fancy people who read GQ:

Cancel summer: Uber abandoned East Hampton http://t.co/8qZQMHlzfr

— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) June 5, 2015

And Lizzie Grubman, one can only assume:

Worst news for Lizzie Grubman since Ja Rule went to jail: East Hampton has voted to ban Uber http://t.co/SGkCjnG6ur

— Katie Notopoulos (@katienotopoulos) June 5, 2015

All in all, bad move, East Hampton.