"Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker's God-given right."
- Mayor Lenny Clotch, "Ghostbusters 2"
Posted on 08/22/2019 7:06:55 AM PDT by C19fan
If you’re looking to see some friendly faces, you apparently shouldn’t head to The Empire State.
In a survey conducted by travel website Big 7 Travel, 1.5 million people weighed in on the “friendliest states in America” — and New York ranked dead last.
Though Big 7 Travel tried to soften the blow with an explainer — “locals might seem a bit gruff at first (even upstate!), but it’s a melting pot of many cultures and the neighborhoods in each borough of NYC have a community feel if you manage to stick it out for long enough” — it was clear that the majority of Americans do not consider the Big Apple as a nice place to visit.
It seemed to be a trend with the Northeast, as four of the bottom five states were all found in the region: Delaware, Massachusetts and New Jersey ranked 48, 47 and 46, respectively.
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"Pardon me. Can you tell me the time or should I just go F*** myself?"
During my only NYC visit a few years ago I found the people to be very nice and friendly, including the poor, misguided policeman who threatened to arrest my grown son (using “the pink handcuffs”) for the apparent crime of wearing a Dallas Cowboys baseball cap.
;-)
NJ has NY skinned a mile in the rudeness department. I found Upstate people to be normal and pleasant.
“What’s the New Jersey state bird? The upraised middle finger!”
I was last there in 1977 and 1999. Noticed in my later visit that the City was considerably cleaner.
I don’t recall any interactions with its citizenry.
The Yankees lost both times, and my friends who are fans tell me not to come back.
I’m not a baseball fan anymore anyway. :-)
Even worse than Philadelphia?
Oh nevermind, they were talking states, not cities.
Check out Olympia, WA for a high level of rude. I’d rather drive in Los Angeles.
A short trip to noo Joisey will prove that fast!
I hope NC drops even further. Maybe people will stop coming here...
The article provided a link just like you did.
We have relatives in the Finger Lakes and love visiting them.
The locals are very friendly—and that includes the Mennonites.
How can you be friendly when you pay the highest taxes in the country and have the least freedom?
Down here in Alabama the best way to tell if the directions you got are accurate -- they will contain the words, "When you get to the end of the paved road"
"I was a victim of the Knock Out Game by some kids last week as I was walking home, so no, I don't have a watch. They took my watch and my iPhone."
The New York city alphabet:
Fu@kin’ A, fu@kin’ B, fuckin’ C...
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My stereotypical impression of the south is based upon the two years that I lived in southern Virginia and my many visits to the North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, for business and pleasure. In my experience, southerners are very polite, but polite and friendly are not the same thing. I recall many encounters with southerners who were as polite and welcoming as can be when visitors were in their presence, only to become downright nasty when the visitor was no longer around.
For example, I was out with my southern friends in Norfolk for a few drinks, when I invited a black guy who was an acquaintance to join our group . He seemed to fit in well and everyone was polite and welcoming while the guy was in our presence; but as soon as he left and was out of earshot, one of the guys quipped, "he's not bad for a n*r," and the other nodded in agreement.
Another example: I was on a business trip to Columbia, South Carolina. When I first met the people I was there to see, they were as sweet as southern tea. They could not have been nicer and more accommodating, when I was in their presence. But when I left the room for a moment and they thought I was out of earshot, I heart my host say to his assistant, "Get the Yankee some coffee, but don't spit in it; I hate Yankees; I would be a very happy man, if I never crossed paths with another Yankee in my life." When I walked back in the room, he was all smiles and as nice and polite as can be. I did not drink the coffee.
A third example: We were at my sister-in-law's wedding reception at a yacht club on the redneck riviera. My father-in-law had passed away a few weeks earlier and my mother-in-law, who had flown in from New York the previous day, was having a difficult time. My MIL asked to get her a glass of wine, but the bar at the reception was not open yet. However, I noticed that the yacht club bar was open and crowded with people who I recognized from the wedding party and wedding ceremony and who were very polite and gracious the previous evening at the pre-wedding reception that we hosted at our hotel. When I walked into the bar area, everyone stopped talking and looked at me like I was deformed, and when I ordered a glass of wine, the bartender said, "This bar is for members and their invited guest, only," as she emphasized the word "invited." I explained that the wine was for my MIL who had lost her husband a few weeks earlier, and she repeated, "Members and invited guests only," as she turned her back and went to serve someone else. I thought for sure that one of the members who were with the wedding party and had been so polite and welcoming, would step forward and adopt me as their guest, but no one did and as I walked out of the bar area I heard several of them snicker and giggle.
Washington state may slide into civil with new public law 1639 and Red Flag law which allow anyone to denounce a gun owner to the po-po.
Too many of our states have rural populations dominated by one large liberal city.
We actually use the expressions "Pennsylvania Nice" and "Philadelphia Nasty". Yes, it is THAT different in our fair Commonwealth.
The execrable James Carvile once described PA as “Philly in the east, Pittsburgh in the west, and Alabama in between”.
I once had relatives in west PA. All I remember is beautiful countryside, hunting and fishing.
But you still can’t hunt with semi-auto’s?
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