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Seattle one of the country's rudest cities [no surprise]
MyNorthwest.com ^
| 1/20/11
| Stephanie Klein
Posted on 01/20/2011 6:09:14 PM PST by Clint Williams
We have coffee, rain, traffic, and apparently some of the rudest people in America.
According to survey in Travel and Leisure Magazine, Seattle is ranked number 16 in a list of the country's 20 rudest cities. The magazine recommends striking up a conversation at Pike Place Market, which is actually Washington state's number one tourist destination meaning you'll probably be talking with an outsider.
Cities ruder than Seattle included Chicago, Phoenix, Atlanta, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Miami. Los Angeles beat out Boston and New York for the top spot. People in Seattle are nicer than those in Anchorage, Houston, and Santa Fe.
So what makes a city rude? Travel and Leisure says congestion. The more people crammed into a space, the uglier the attitude.
TOPICS: US: Washington
KEYWORDS: civility; manners; rudecities; rudeness; seattle
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Not surprised. Decaying infrastructure, increasing expense, corruption and increasing numbers of libs is definitely turning Seattle uglier.
To: Clint Williams
You can practically smell the smugness in that hellhole of a city.
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posted on
01/20/2011 6:13:38 PM PST
by
oldvike
(I'm too drunk to taste THIS chicken)
To: Anoreth
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posted on
01/20/2011 6:13:46 PM PST
by
wolfpat
(Veni. Vidi. Veneer: I came. I saw. I made plywood.)
To: ColdOne; Fred; Chattering Class of 58; SeattleBruce; tarator; 21twelve; Feasor13; matt1234; ...
Say WA? Evergreen State ping
Quick link:
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FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off this ping list.
Ping sionnsar if you see a Washington state related thread.
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posted on
01/20/2011 6:14:47 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
To: wolfpat
"(Veni. Vidi. Veneer: I came. I saw. I made plywood.)" LOL!
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posted on
01/20/2011 6:15:38 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
To: sionnsar
“16” with a bullet (Ooh, can I say that?!)
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posted on
01/20/2011 6:38:12 PM PST
by
rockrr
("I said that I was scared of you!" - pokie the pretend cowboy)
To: Clint Williams
How in the hell did San Francisco not make it to #1 on that list. If you have not been there, I have never been in a more hateful place EVER and I’m from LA and we all know the reputation they have. The people in SF are the most mean, rude and hateful people I have ever had the misfortune of being around. There are the ever so few exceptions. It’s a shame that all of the beauty of that city is being wasted on such hateful evil people.
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posted on
01/20/2011 6:49:05 PM PST
by
Anti-Christ is Hillary
(If Moreen Dowd can call herself a journalist then so can I.)
To: Clint Williams
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posted on
01/20/2011 6:57:26 PM PST
by
Darren McCarty
(We should lead ourselves instead of looking for leaders)
To: Clint Williams
Another stupid list: How does one define “rude”? I mean objectively and measurably.
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posted on
01/20/2011 6:59:16 PM PST
by
Clock King
(Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
To: Clint Williams
Not surprised LA is #1. The few times I’ve been to Seattle the people actually seemed pretty nice. But maybe that’s because I’m used to LA, so Seattlites seem nice in comparison!
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posted on
01/20/2011 7:02:23 PM PST
by
Nea Wood
(Silly liberal . . . paychecks are for workers!)
To: Clint Williams
I lived in Seattle for over 20 years.
It's the friendliest place I've ever been.
I've been in over 70 countries and most of these United States.
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posted on
01/20/2011 7:29:16 PM PST
by
Mariner
(USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
To: Clint Williams
16?
That’s the best we could do?
Retards!
(Not us, THEM!!)
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posted on
01/20/2011 8:00:55 PM PST
by
djf
(Touch my junk and I'll break yur mug!!!)
To: Clint Williams
True, Seattle is a lot ruder than it used to be, but I can name dozens of cities that should be ahead of Seattle on the list for rudeness.
To: Clint Williams
Not that I have any great love for Seattle, but coming in 16th for rudeness out of a list of what appears to be the 20 largest cities in the country isn’t bad.
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posted on
01/20/2011 8:04:32 PM PST
by
BobL
(PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
To: Clint Williams
“The more people crammed into a space, the uglier the attitude.”
Then Kansas City should rank as one of the friendliest cities ‘cause we’re really spread out! :-))))))))
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posted on
01/20/2011 9:21:04 PM PST
by
llandres
To: Clint Williams
“The more people crammed into a space, the uglier the attitude.”
Then Kansas City should rank as one of the friendliest cities ‘cause we’re really spread out! :-))))))))
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posted on
01/20/2011 9:21:10 PM PST
by
llandres
To: BobL; All
Sorry for the double post, don’t know how that happened.
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posted on
01/20/2011 9:23:29 PM PST
by
llandres
To: Clint Williams
Sea-rat-hole. Libertards, feminazis, lesbian capital of the US, I’m surprised it’s not on the top of the list ?
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posted on
01/20/2011 9:32:10 PM PST
by
italybub
To: sionnsar
I guess I need to change that since I just quit the plywood plant. But I don’t know how to adapt that phrase to particleboard (where I’m working now).
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:37:25 AM PST
by
wolfpat
(Veni. Vidi. Veneer: I came. I saw. I made plywood.)
To: Mariner
I think it's just attitude. A different attitude than someone from other places would expect.
BTW, I grew up in Snohomish, and have lived many years in Seattle.
I've never noticed any directed unfriendliness.
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posted on
01/21/2011 1:44:32 AM PST
by
MaxMax
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