We got to NY a lot now as my daughter lives there. I find NY’ers will talk to you and help you out a lot — but they’re really pushy. I also find the store clerks very impersonal. My daughter doesn’t dare go shopping during the busy times.
It’s very tough to get around and with so many people, you just naturally become pushy and direct. It’s survival.
We’re in DC and we can’t stand it. Not only are they rude, many are also very liberal and very snotty — esp the young people here. Can’t stand them.
I was in both those cities in October - during the big snow storm actually - and the only problem was with a Muslim taxi driver who tried to dump us as the wrong address and then became very hostile and told us to get out of his cab when the person next to me didn’t want to pay him for this.
I guess we can thank our politicians, starting with Ted Kennedy, for this disgusting situation.
It is about survival, as you say, or, at least, efficiency, in NY.
The poll could have stated that it was a contest among very busy cities. Circumstances prevail.
NYers, esp, Manhattanites (those who just work in The City included) are very pedestrian. They will talk to any stranger on line for lunch at the deli or in an elevator provided there is a joke or a pertinent point to be made. Otherwis, ease off, they’re busy.
Grew up driving on the LI Expressway. I defy anyone to prove that my now fellow San Antonio drivers aren’t by far among the rudest, and as such, most dangerous drivers of the two. Much prefer driving in Manhattan than on I35.