The discussion was about Uber's overall revenue. I imagine a far larger percent of their revenue comes from NYC tourists than Traverse City tourists. Traverse City gets about 3.5 million tourists a year [1] compared to 63 million for NYC [2].
[1] https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/tourism-region-...
[2] https://nycfuture.org/research/destination-new-york