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Originally Posted by fjtorres

The jetpacks will probably need to wait for fusion pack power supplies. Neither batteries nor dinojuice have enough energy density for a practical jetpack.

But the flying cars (based on drone tech) are at most a decade away. Airbus is working on a literal air taxi.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/22/1...c-first-flight

In Brazil there is an entire industry of helicopter taxis in Rio. Affordable, too.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-brazil-for-63

LA is another big city that could benefit from the service.

http://www.thedrive.com/tech/23261/u...service-launch

Not everybody gets it, but it's the twenty first century out there, with more future shock to come:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl77FVobxVI

People have been using helicopters as taxis since the 50's. If you are going to redefine terms like that, then we have had flying cars since before WW II. The idea of a flying car, i.e. something that flies that anyone can drive only requires casual maintenance and doesn't require a large foot print to take off and land, still requires a propulsion technology that doesn't currently exist.