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I've been seeing this on socials lately, I found it interesting but would love to see the feedback on here and see what people who live in these respective cities think.
Civic engagement is a very important role in society, and nothing is better than a city having a culture of giving back, volunteering and giving back to others in need. The article also has states and incomes listed, but I wanted to focus primarily on cities.
Most helpful big metros in America 12 major metro areas ranked by two measures of civic engagement, 2021
Too bad it's behind a paywall. I would have loved to have read methodology, sources, methods, etc. I'm not going to pay for something that should be free, but very interesting numbers, if true. Morale of any story though: there's a-holes everywhere. You just have to know how to pick your battles.
This honestly doesn't come as any surprise to me having lived in the Top 2 areas. Just very solid people that are loyal to their community.
Boston and Philadelphia should be more well-known for their legitimately kind and "communitarian" populations, but unfortunately a reputation for Northeastern bluntness/rudeness precedes them.
This honestly doesn't come as any surprise to me having lived in the Top 2 areas. Just very solid people that are loyal to their community.
Boston and Philadelphia should be more well-known for their legitimately kind and "communitarian" populations, but unfortunately a reputation for Northeastern bluntness/rudeness precedes them.
Interestingly, however, New York City, sandwiched in between Boston and Philadelphia, trails both mightily. I wonder what the explanation of this could be, again, assuming these metrics are to be believed.
Interestingly, however, New York City, sandwiched in between Boston and Philadelphia, trails both mightily. I wonder what the explanation of this could be, again, assuming these metrics are to be believed.
Ya know, I've found native New Yorkers/NYC area folks can be just as legitimately kind as anyone in Boston and Philadelphia, but the region is just so chock full of transient domestic and international transplants, a lot of that "communitarianism" can get lost.
Not that Boston and Philadelphia don't get their share of transplants, and particularly international ones in Boston, the "communitarian" culture is still more deliberately maintained.
Chicago deserves mention here, too. I've definitely gotten kindness vibes from Chicagoans, but my experience there is not as in-depth.
I certainly agree that peoples perception of where is and isn’t friendly is very flawed.
Completely agree.
Smaller towns and rural areas have some very unfriendly and unhospitable folks in general.
My theory is that many small town and rural type folks choose to not engage with many people on a daily basis, and are not accustomed to having to be kind or friendly to strangers. And they look at strangers as trespassing, so-to-speak.
That's why they live in rural areas and small towns--to not run into or have to deal with many people.
On the flip side, city folk are accustomed to people everyday, and have to acclimate and adjust accordingly.
If you're from here, you know. This is something I love about Philadelphia, and one of many reasons why I decided to stay in the city after college despite spending my entire life in the area.
This list is also representative of why I don't take people--both people who aren't from the Northeast and disgruntled suburbanites with jaded views of the city despite not having visited since before I was born (1995)--seriously when they accuse people from Northeastern cities of being rude. The pace of life is faster, we have places to get to, we mind our own business, and we don't go out of our way to say hi to a random person on the street, but we will do whatever we can to help if asked. I'd much rather take the Northeastern attitude over "Southern Hospitality", "Midwest Nice", or the way that pleasantry is portrayed on the West Coast.
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