New Yorkers called the toughest in all of America

According to a Business Insider study, a third of respondents named New Yorkers as America's most unfriendly. This caused a violent reaction from the townspeople themselves. Some said that this was a lie, others agreed with the results of the survey, and others that they were misunderstood. The edition writes about this in more detail. Fox News.

About the study

So, in the ranking of the most unfriendly cities in the United States, New York has taken a leading position. A Business Insider study found that 34,3% of respondents rated Big Apple residents as the rudest in all of America.

That's almost double that of the next-largest city, Los Angeles, where 19,7% of 2000 adults surveyed online in October and November said their city is home to the country's rudest residents.

Washington ranked third in the ranking, followed by Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Buffalo, Baltimore, Philadelphia and San Francisco.

Residents of the Big Apple, who spend their lives among nine million neighbors, are notorious for not having the patience for slow walkers, tourists, and people who carry large backpacks in the subway.

New Yorkers' reaction

As writes edition New York Post, New Yorkers reacted differently to the results of the study: some agreed with such conclusions, others questioned the methodology, and there were those who tried to find an explanation for this behavior of New Yorkers.

“Fuck these people. Half of the people probably haven't been here! " Said 52-year-old Carmen from the Bronx.

Diana Powell, 36, from Harlem, also strongly disagreed with the poll results, calling the view that New Yorkers are rude a "stereotype." “We're just strong-willed,” she said.

But there were those who agreed with the conclusions of the researchers. Among them, by the way, was the second US president, John Adams. When in 1774 he visited New York, he wrote in his diary like this: "I have not seen a single real gentleman, not a single well-educated person since I arrived in this city."

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Some residents of the city noted that New Yorkers are especially rude during the holiday season. “People don't care that you are a child, old, elderly. They are like, "Get out of the way," said 26-year-old Manhattan resident Jessica Tejada, who was shopping at Macy's with her family, when asked by reporters.

New York is full of people, she said. "We're like sardines, we're just trapped all the time." At the same time, on holidays the situation becomes even worse: “On holidays the workers (behave - Ed.) Are worse. I feel that they are more rude, more disgusting, because they know that people need it, and people will tolerate it, ”she added.

Many other residents agreed that they were simply misunderstood.

For example, 26-year-old Harlem resident Sergio Villanueva suggested that people in New Jersey are "much more rude" than New Yorkers. He also admitted that New Yorkers can be rude, but insisted that there was nothing personal about it. “We don't mean anything. This is just how we live, ”he said.

Madison Scott, 27, moved from California to New York two years ago and insisted that her new neighbors had hearts of gold. “They're not outgoing or super friendly, but I remember being on the train and some guy just got sick and a lot of people just started handing out napkins and bottles of water to him,” she said.

"We're kind of rude," added 21-year-old Long Island resident Rachel Sullivan, "but we have good hearts." However, in order to be convinced of this, you first need to get to know each other, she summed up.