[concerned about politics]

I saw a news special (a few years ago) on "Who's Friendlier in America." They used Texas and NYC as their testing ground.
They were asking people for change for a dollar to make a phone call. They filmed people being asked.
NYC failed miserably. They just ignored the guy, or pointed to a near by store. Some just said no as if the guy had a plague. They were very rude.
Texas was very friendly. They gave change, some just gave the guy a quarter, or they actually waked him to a store to get change. They were very friendly.
NYC failed, Dallas won.

[Timocrat]

You bring up a good point. The true mark of a civilised society is the manners of its general population and having lived in Manhattan I know they are in short supply there.