Supposedly "nice and friendly" cities that you found rude and unfriendly, and vice versa. Your experiences? (living, places)

[EclecticEars]

I'm going by cities with their respective monikers in C-D and other forums and blogs.

I'll start:

"Nice and friendly" but in fact rude overall:

• Louisville, KY - just awful, and so few on C-D seem to believe me...
• Lexington, KY - my opinion has become a little lighter about Lexington over the last year, thankfully
• Northern Central Coast of California (Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties)
• Cincinnati - a lot of positives in the city and region itself but the attitude could really be adjusted
• Honorable mentions: (A) Birmingham, AL and (B) Nashville. Not really so much rude as just closed-off and unfriendly. The older generation is very gracious, 20s/30s not so much, but I think that is becoming endemic nationwide and not just to these two cities. Still, "Southern hospitality?"

Mind you, I've met some incredibly wonderful, lovely people in each of these places. Naturally, though, I wouldn't mind living in Coastal California as there are enough attractions, beauty and opportunity for outdoor recreation to keep me busy when not at work.

Now, as for "rude and unfriendly" but actually, in my experience, generally nice and friendly:

• Orange County, CA - very genuinely surprising
• Atlanta - Southern aspects still exist in the ATL, I suppose!
• Honorable mention: Los Angeles. Yes, the "rudest city in America." It's not so much that the city is warm and fuzzy...well, except for the warm weather. It's just that the people I've interacted with from there overall have not been the collective bunch of a-holes I always hear and read about. Of course, I haven't lived there, so that may have something to do with it. While it's not a Southern city, I've met some nice and interesting (some of the most interesting, in fact) people from there.

I wouldn't mind living in any of those places, although I much prefer Orange County.

What say you all?

[EclecticEars]

Anybody?

[atlantagreg30127]

1) "Bumping" (your second post) is not allowed in the forums.

2) There have been many variations of "rudest cities" or similar done in here in the past. Please do a forum search and add to any of those or those most similar to your idea rather than create another one with the same theme.

Thank you