Many parts of the U.S. are now rude, reckless, hurried, and self centered due to transplants, immigration, and media influence. However, some areas are like this more than others. Of the cities listed in the poll, which city has the brashes residents?

New York, unanimously. If you don't know your way around the city, don't bother asking for directions.

Washington DC is the only place that comes to mind on that list. But even that doesn't justify it, because there's no way to really back it up other than from experience. Washington itself has its own spread of rudeness, but most of the arrogance comes from the outlying suburban areas. Baltimore has never occurred to me as being rude. There's a very laid back atmosphere there and it's very community oriented overall.

I also had a very good experience when I went to New York a month ago. Everyone there was extremely friendly and willing to help. On the subway, if you asked one person where to go, they would answer without reluctance; then other people would go the extra mile to help as well.

My pick would be a city that didn't make the poll: Philadelphia. They are rude motherfuckers, but I sure as hell love 'em!

Crap! I knew I left a city out.

Washington DC is the only place that comes to mind on that list. But even that doesn't justify it, because there's no way to really back it up other than from experience. Washington itself has its own spread of rudeness, but most of the arrogance comes from the outlying suburban areas. Baltimore has never occurred to me as being rude. There's a very laid back atmosphere there and it's very community oriented overall.

I also had a very good experience when I went to New York a month ago. Everyone there was extremely friendly and willing to help. On the subway, if you asked one person where to go, they would answer without reluctance; then other people would go the extra mile to help as well.

I do not consider any city in the Northeast or Midatlantic laidback except for Pittsburgh.

How do you mean? I'm saying this out of experience as well, not by comparison with other cities around the country. It's too subjective to really determine which city is the rudest. Some people have better experiences than others; maybe came to the right place at the right time. Despite it being cool and overcast when I was in New York, that didn't change a thing. When I compare the two cities I'm closest too, Baltimore is more inviting than DC. That's my basis.

New York, unanimously. If you don't know your way around the city, don't bother asking for directions.


When I looked lost in New York's subway, a guy went out of his way to help me out. (I didn't even have to ask for his help.)

New Yorkers in my experience are helpful and courteous.

New York, unanimously. If you don't know your way around the city, don't bother asking for directions.

Either you are simply basing this off of the typical southern "yankee" stereotype, or you had an extremely rare and unfortunate experience while visiting NYC. Nearly everyone i've ever come into contact there is very friendly. They simply are not fake...well...on the whole at least. Being real and honest is not the same as being rude. This is a common misconception among some southerners who apparently feel that one must fakely pretend like a stranger is his or her favorite person in the world in order to truly be a good person.

Baltimore is very laid back. Buffalo too.

how bout you go 1 post without talking shit about minneapolis (again you arn't from here and you dont live here)

Question-- is it a negative thing to be brash? If so, fuck you. :)

In a bad mood, Jive City STL :runaway:

You have to admit St. Louis is a little tough-sknnied though, nothing negative!

^I know, I'm just kidding around. You're right, I don't think STL is a particularly friendly city either. But I love it anyway.

Lol @ Minneapolis 612.

This is a common misconception among some southerners who apparently feel that one must fakely pretend like a stranger is his or her favorite person in the world in order to truly be a good person.

so true. i was in houston last week waiting for a connection flight between las vegas and philly. a few people waved to me, nodded to me, or said "hello". this was really strange to me. in fact, i'm not even sure if these things were directed towards me; they were i my direction, but it was too strange to be true. since this is something i am not used to, i ignored them.

so true. i was in houston last week waiting for a connection flight between las vegas and philly. a few people waved to me, nodded to me, or said "hello". this was really strange to me. in fact, i'm not even sure if these things were directed towards me; they were i my direction, but it was too strange to be true. since this is something i am not used to, i ignored them.

You're only getting a small taste of that city. Houston's northern transplant population is porbably larger than the entire Wilminton, DE municipality.

New York, unanimously. If you don't know your way around the city, don't bother asking for directions.

Funny, I had quite a few new yorkers help me out when I was trying to sort things out. You just have to know who to ask, you don't just stop some random guy in a hurry on the street, that doesn't work anywhere.

so true. i was in houston last week waiting for a connection flight between las vegas and philly. a few people waved to me, nodded to me, or said "hello". this was really strange to me. in fact, i'm not even sure if these things were directed towards me; they were i my direction, but it was too strange to be true. since this is something i am not used to, i ignored them.

:lol: Thats funny.

I think NYers get a bad rap in this area. I think if you're asking for help NYers will gladly help if they're not in a hurry or something. They may be quicker to tell you when to f*** off but offering help to a stranger is not a problem.

I was Downtown at an Ice cream shop with my friend at the back of the line and all of a sudden this guy walks in right to the front of the line and starts ordering. By his accent I could tell right away that he was a New Yorker. The guy behind the counter was kind of shocked as were the people in line to see him just walk up there and start ordering. They told him this was the front and to go the back. He came back by me and I said, "So you're from NYC." And we had a cool conversation and met with his friends and just kind of hung out the rest of the night. New Yorkers (and Omahans) are pretty cool.

You're only getting a small taste of that city. Houston's northern transplant population is porbably larger than the entire Wilminton, DE municipality.

however, the people in bush intercontinental are a sampling of the houston population. i don't recall seeing anyone in the philly airport, in bwi, in buffalo-niagara, in portland international, or other northeast airports wearing cowboy hats and belt buckles. regardless of transplants, houston still has a southern culture and a southern way of life.

My "brashest" encounters were in Boston and Brooklyn. In Boston I was going into the subway and some worker yelled at me "Subways f-cking closed dipshit" .

What was I to know, I was just a hick from the Midwest, where the subways run 24 hours.

And then in some rather rough part of Brooklyn (was out past Prospect Park somewhere), some very mean looking Purto Rican girl asked me, "Ja know if there's a f-cking ATM on this shithole of a street"/ And, taken aback and feelinglike I was from the center of civility, I said, "No mam, I'm not from here, and where I am from, We don't talk to strangers like that" She sort of grimaced at me ina 'whatever' fashion.

I don't know, tough call for me. Never been to Philly, heard from many they can be a little hot under the collar. And yes, I've had my fair share of runins with Chicagoans, but usually it's more low-key rudeness.

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Man, here you go again. Bashing Minneapolis and then adding positive things about the town of Colorado Springs...which once again was not mentioned anywhere in the thread, yet you felt you had to add it in.

however, the people in bush intercontinental are a sampling of the houston population. i don't recall seeing anyone in the philly airport, in bwi, in buffalo-niagara, in portland international, or other northeast airports wearing cowboy hats and belt buckles. regardless of transplants, houston still has a southern culture and a southern way of life.

To be fair to Houston though, the actual city itself is about as diverse and cosmopolitan as a city can get. The airport on the other hand, is pretty far outside the city and with it being the largest airport within hundreds of miles i'm sure it is a magnet for any country texans that want to fly anywhere.

IMO, NYC surburbanites are ruder than the city people. From living there, spotting out of towners is very easy and most people see this and are very nice to them, it obviously depends on the nature of the question or help or whatever you're getting from them. If you're going about your business slow, that's already a problem.

But when you live there, you get used to it and it's not a problem, things people say you hear unconscious and don't even react to, as opposed to a person from out of town.

I think Bostonians are generally the worst in this aspect, I like Philly usually if you're real cool, no one minds, this is how DC is, DT it's fast paced and pretty brash, but away from here people are pretty good about it.

Roads are another story, for some reason, drivers in LA, NYC, DC are mean as hell it seems everywhere.

My "brashest" encounters were in Boston and Brooklyn. In Boston I was going into the subway and some worker yelled at me "Subways f-cking closed dipshit".

LoL that's great man.

lol @ Big Dan.

I asked people for directions in NYC and they were nice to me.

Anyone who has ever travelled much has been treated rudely and politely by someone in almost every city they visit. What a gross overexageration to think of an entire city as rude.

Anyone who has ever travelled much has been treated rudely and politely by someone in almost every city they visit. What a gross overexageration to think of an entire city as rude.

Agreed.. polls like this are absolutely pointless.

Agreed.. polls like this are absolutely pointless.

Not really. People may have pratical reasons for creating threads such as this one. Their intents, however, do not have to be listed.

Not really. People may have pratical reasons for creating threads such as this one. Their intents, however, do not have to be listed.

Yes these polls are pointless b/c you cannot classify an entire city based upon your limited experiences. There is no way to know that DC is the rudest city on the earth or that b/c someone yelled at you when you were in Boston that means that is the "most brash" city in America.
Some people in cities are jerks and some people are cool. Thats the way world works and its immature to think that a few rude residents in an area make that entire area "brash". :bash:

Houston. I love my hometown, but I hate it's attitude. It's like the New South attitude sweeping Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston. It's like overly proud combined with an overly pro attitude.

Milwaukeeans are usually very nice.

I'd say New York. But it's kind of fun.

w0000t... milwaukee stilll only city with 0 votes

represent!