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To me, in a way, New Yorkers are some of the nicest people I've ever met. Being open and honest is a good thing, something that should be celebrated! When I'm in other parts of the country now I have trouble interacting with others now that are 'fake nice'. It's hard to have to modify yourself like that, and it feels very fake and uncomfortable. I think about moving back all the time and miss the real attitude terribly at times... how could a place be so bad if I find myself longing for it like that?
I like how showing simple common courtesy is now somehow being construed as being fake nice. If someone thanks you for holding the door for them or says excuse me instead of knocking your aside is being "fake nice" then I'll take the "fake nice" people any day.
I've only ever visited NYC for a couple of weeks but during that time everyone I encountered was as nice, if not nicer, than those I've met in other parts of the world and the USA. People went out of their way to offer assistance on and around the subway, locals in bars were great and some female members of the wider NYC community were particularly friendly.
I'm an Aussie who visited the US for work in 2010 and holiday in 2011. My 2010 trip took me to Missouri, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and Kentucky; my 2011 trip took me to San Fran, Chicago, Boston and New York. While the "southern hospitality" I experienced on my first trip was noticable and a (nice) novelty I can honestly say that at no time on more recent trip did I find anyone - including New Yorkers - to be rude. I have no doubt that there are exceptions to the rule but wherever I went I found people to be genuinely interested in me, eager to help if I asked and nothing but welcoming.
That said, I also didn't stand on the middle of the sidewalk of 5th avenue rubber-necking, made an effort to work things out myself before asking for help and tried to have a solid understanding of how the city worked and was laid out - like anyone should before travelling anywhere!
I'm sure there are plenty of rude people in New York. There are plenty of rude people where I live too. I'd go as far as guessing there are 9 times as many rude people in New York as my city as New York is 9 times the size! For that reason people will always think the worst of the city's rudeness as more people = more exposure = more opportunity for dumb magazine editors to write these sorts of articles or have these sorts of poles!
You need to ask yourself when visiting nyc or moving to nyc are you guys and gals are around everyday typical new yorkers or around many people who moved to nyc from other homogeneous American hell holes?
New York has been named America's rudest city (http://news.yahoo.com/fuggedaboutit-ny-named-rudest-us-city-224543758.html - broken link) by Travel and Leisure magazine.
Idk- I figure that a city so big- the way we perceive anyone/anywhere really is based on personal experience and is very bias to say that a city as a whole is rude.
One person spills their coffee on ya and all of a sudden- BAM- city is full or jerks. People
I lived in New York most of my life, and I do agree many New Yorkers are rude.
Just riding the subway, no one says excuse me, or even walking in the street if you ask for directions, many people keep walking or look at you if you are crazy.
And New Yorkers see people passed out on the street and do nothing but walk by.
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