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New Yorkers are polite?
Yahoo/Readers Digst ^ | Wed Jun 21 | Pat Milton

Posted on 06/21/2006 2:18:53 PM PDT by GSlob

New Yorkers are polite? NEW YORK - New Yorkers are a polite bunch. No, really, they are. So says Reader's Digest...

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: New York
KEYWORDS: politenewyorkers; wondersoftheworld
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Who knew? And who would believe it even if they knew?
1 posted on 06/21/2006 2:18:53 PM PDT by GSlob
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I called a friend of mine in NYC and asked: Are New Yorkers polite?
He replied "You're ****in' right we are, you ****in' piece of ****." Then he slammed down his phone.

So I'm convinced.

2 posted on 06/21/2006 2:21:35 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,406+ snide replies and counting!)
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I have lived in NY (8 yrs), over the bridge in NJ(30 yrs) and currently in MA.(12 yrs). I have also traveled through the South. People are most polite in the South, then NY area and by far the least polite and friendly people are in the New England States
3 posted on 06/21/2006 2:23:12 PM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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To: theDentist

I think your friend and my cousin Anthony are the same person.


4 posted on 06/21/2006 2:24:33 PM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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To: GSlob

Well I have never lived in the NYC metro area (was an upstater for 10 years though) however on my visits to NYC I always found the people to be polite to be honest. The absolute rudest people I have ever met is a tie between New England and Virginia Beach.


5 posted on 06/21/2006 2:26:28 PM PDT by spikeytx86 (Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by there fruity little club.)
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Well, I lived in Rochester NY for several years. NYC I only visited - but my impression of NYC is opposite of yours.


6 posted on 06/21/2006 2:29:00 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: GSlob

Hey....Fuggetaboutit!


7 posted on 06/21/2006 2:29:40 PM PDT by Vaquero ("An armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: GSlob

a survey of NYT readers who think the MSM is unbiased.


8 posted on 06/21/2006 2:30:36 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: theDentist

The preferable affirmative New York response is, "F*ckin' A", followed by [if quzzical looks are received, "You gotta problem wit dat?"


9 posted on 06/21/2006 2:31:42 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: GSlob

shuuua! as a day is long..!


10 posted on 06/21/2006 2:31:54 PM PDT by rahbert
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Montreal is the worste when it comes to manners.


11 posted on 06/21/2006 2:32:45 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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I worked in Manhattan 1974-83. NY-ers were a tough bunch. But I learned that when they tell you to go F yourself, it was as normal part of speach as "dude" on the California coast.

Two years ago, I went back for a holiday. They had become much more considerate (after Rudy).

In fact, I thought I even heard a "Please go F yourself" once or twice.

12 posted on 06/21/2006 2:32:46 PM PDT by llevrok (The next "greatest generation" is now.)
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To: GSlob

Wou Poolite - ya wanna make sumpin of it?


13 posted on 06/21/2006 2:33:03 PM PDT by HardStarboard (Hey, march some more - its helping get the wall built!)
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Gotta say - my family actually drove through NY City once and did get lost a couple times. They were impressed to find that people there were just as likely to want to help out as in many other places.


14 posted on 06/21/2006 2:33:22 PM PDT by onevoter
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To: GSlob
There was a lively discussion last night about this here:

World's Politest People? Poll Says New Yorkers

15 posted on 06/21/2006 2:33:25 PM PDT by saquin
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Actually, under Rudy Giuliani, New Yorkers made a complete turn to politeness. Really.


16 posted on 06/21/2006 2:34:18 PM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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Being from Boston I have no deep love for New York but yes, New Yorkers are quite polite.

Not friendly like folks in Kentucky or Tennessee but polite.

I consulted there a lot and figured that there are millions of them and a good percent are crazy, drugged out or dangerous. So it's incumbent of New Yorkers to be polite just out of a sense of survival.
17 posted on 06/21/2006 2:35:42 PM PDT by Beckwith (The liberal media has picked sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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To: GSlob

I've visited NYC several times and found the people there to be quite friendly. The only genuinely rude person I've encountered there was a tour guide at the stock exchange.

BUT,

When they travel, however, something changes. What is it with New Yorkers when they're in another state or country??? Holy shite what a bunch of loud, obnoxious boors! The men too!

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest, I feel much better now. I hope I don't get banned.


18 posted on 06/21/2006 2:36:08 PM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: GSlob

Actually, they're not too bad, so long as you don't have to drive among them!


19 posted on 06/21/2006 2:36:29 PM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help m)
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To: saquin

Well, these must be The End Times, then.


20 posted on 06/21/2006 2:37:02 PM PDT by GSlob
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