I live 80 miles West of Chicago in corn & soybean country. Many of my friends, as well as myself (I’ll purposely exclude my wife), have no problem going into Chicago where it’s definitely crowded. But we’re always happy to return for some reason (but not because of how we’re treated)...we just like rural life.
No, I’m not talking of being crowd intolerant. I’m talking of being downright rudely treated by at least half the people I came in contact with. On the street. In a restaurant. On the subway. Wherever. It was much different than any visit I ever had to Chicago, Milwaukee, Atlanta, LA, San Francisco, Dallas, shall I go on?
Sorry, but rudeness was in the air, almost. NYC is not a happy experience, and I will never return.
I have always found that my experience reflects my attitude.