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Poll Finds New York Rudest, Most Arrogant State In The Nation
CBS 2 NY ^ | August 21, 2013

Posted on 08/22/2013 7:28:59 AM PDT by Hojczyk

New York is number one again, but this time it’s for being the rudest and most arrogant state in the country.

A new survey from Business Insider asked 1,600 Americans to answer questions about states they don’t live in, like which were the drunkest, the smartest or had the silliest accents.

“The results were hilarious, informative and tell you everything you need to know about the dynamic between the states,” Business Insider said on its website.

It found that 39 percent of those polled felt New York was the most arrogant state and 44 percent felt it was the rudest.

Georgia and Minnesota tied for nicest. Louisiana was judged as the drunkest state and Massachusetts took first place for weirdest accents, followed close behind by Louisiana, Alabama, Minnesota, New York and New Jersey.

Americans think New York has the second-smartest people after Massachusetts.

The poll found California was America’s favorite state and Texas was the one most would like to see kicked out of the country.

(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: democrats; hospitality; liberals; newyorkers; progressives; texas
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To: Stand Watch Listen

Was that drawn by Jackie Gleason? He is supposed to have said, “If you spend the night anywhere but NYC, you’re camping.”
Well, from the remaining 57 States: “Zombie fatso Jackie Gleason can rise up and **** himself.”


21 posted on 08/22/2013 7:57:50 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Hojczyk

I hate “studies” like this and the headlines they generate. It’s impossible to lump an entire dynamic state into one “personality.” Certainly New York City is what they are talking about in this one, but I know from experience that the rural border counties of upstate New York are friendly average people similar to Midwesterners. California, Texas, Indiana — any state with distinct populated regions is going to have the same problem when someone tries to characterize the people in all of their disparate regions as one.


22 posted on 08/22/2013 7:58:08 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: married21

Freepers I’ve met from the Tri-State Chapter (NY NJ CT) are some of the most intelligent and interesting folks you could encounter.


23 posted on 08/22/2013 7:59:28 AM PDT by GunsareOK
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To: Hojczyk

It’s not NY per say. It’s wherever liberals dominate. Boston is nasty. Burlington, VT is filled with arrogance. Austin, TX (in the city) isn’t Texas. It’s NY because of it’s liberals. I’ve lived in all of these cities and have relatives and friends in them. There’s a feeling of being unwelcome in them.


24 posted on 08/22/2013 7:59:32 AM PDT by albie (re)
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To: Coldwater Creek
I lived in the LA area for 26 years. The people there were great, but not like Memphis.

Not just Memphis but anywhere from Tennessee to the Gulf.

25 posted on 08/22/2013 8:01:10 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Ditto NC


26 posted on 08/22/2013 8:02:20 AM PDT by Kozak ("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms.....")
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To: Hojczyk

LOL, I can tell how smart New York City people are by the fact that an admitted and continued pervert was front-runner in their mayoral race.


27 posted on 08/22/2013 8:02:22 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: mrsmel
But that just shows how smart they really are. Only rubes care about decency in public officials.
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28 posted on 08/22/2013 8:06:28 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: needmorePaine

I get the same thing. i grew up on Long Island so, of course people here in MA. ,where I now live, say Long G-island . Sorry folks that’s not what we say.
I also beg to differ with the survey. Having lived in many states on the east coast and Ohio, I’ll take a New Yorker every time. You want arrogant, move to MA..


29 posted on 08/22/2013 8:12:32 AM PDT by surrey
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To: Borges

I worked in NYC for 5 years. I thought the phrase “Go F ya’seff” was their way of saying hello.


30 posted on 08/22/2013 8:13:14 AM PDT by llevrok ("It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words....." - Geo. Orwell)
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To: Hojczyk

Communis Massachusetts is believed to have the second smartest group of people in the nation? Maybe that is the problem — the hubris of the people of Massachusetts. No people — however smart — can go against the laws of classical eonomics and ignore human nature (as Marx and Mao do) can make a society work and have a decent standard of living. Japan is smarter than we are and they have failed in their adoption of Socialism.


31 posted on 08/22/2013 8:13:17 AM PDT by Stepan12
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To: married21

I’ve lived in New Jersey and NY, and have been in NYC a thousand times.

I’m a native of NC, a state overrun with Yankees from NJ and NY.

We get only losers here, who failed in their home states (or Florida—and are here for their third failure in life), and their behavior gives both states a bad name.

The natives who stay home, I found to be extremely nice people, if a little hard on the ears.

And the “rudeness” of NY’ers is briskness; they’re always in a hurry.


32 posted on 08/22/2013 8:13:24 AM PDT by warchild9
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To: Hojczyk

How’d they outdo Maryland?


33 posted on 08/22/2013 8:13:46 AM PDT by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: surrey
I get the same thing. i grew up on Long Island so, of course people here in MA. ,where I now live, say Long G-island . Sorry folks that’s not what we say.

Yes, but when waiting to buy something in a store, are you "on line" or "in line?"
34 posted on 08/22/2013 8:16:39 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: needmorePaine
That’s silly to think people in Minnesota should sound like those in Fargo.

Everyone knows Minnesota is mostly Somalian, Ukrainian, and Hmong.

35 posted on 08/22/2013 8:18:26 AM PDT by Dexter Morgan (Everyone hides who they are.)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

As a NYer, I just wanted to say “F*** y’all” to confirm the stereotype. Kidding...I kid. I would say that Upper West Side Liberals are truly rude but the rest of us aren’t so bad and the folks upstate are downright nice.

But looking at that map, and having spent a month in Alaska, I have to seriously question the “worst food” choice.


36 posted on 08/22/2013 8:18:36 AM PDT by alphadoggie
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To: needmorePaine

Had to think about that for a moment and I guess I would say on line. I also say cawfee. Unlike most people here in the Boston area ,I say picture not pitchah.


37 posted on 08/22/2013 8:19:56 AM PDT by surrey
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To: Hojczyk

Yep. Many NYers who venture down here to Virginia tend to have that “you’re-doing-it-all-wrong-here” attitude.

My attitude is, “go back to NY and show us how we’re wrong.”


38 posted on 08/22/2013 8:21:31 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If you don't care about Antonio Santiago, sure as hell don't whine about Trayvon Martin.)
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To: needmorePaine

I agree 100% I knew heard it pronounced “Joisey” till I left the state


39 posted on 08/22/2013 8:22:47 AM PDT by Gettin Betta
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To: T Minus Four; mrreaganaut; 4mer Liberal

And based upon the link to all the results, South Dakota is apparently the most forgotten state.


40 posted on 08/22/2013 8:27:24 AM PDT by reaganaut (I don't do hopey-changey. I do ouchy-bleedy.)
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