San Diego
San Diego is where I have been for the past few days for a convention. It was an OK convention as far as the excitement of things go, but one thing was clear - New Yorkers have a bad rep everywhere.
The first thing anyone said when we said we were from NYC was that “ooo - I hate NYC - everyone there is so rude” This was common for several people we spoke with including one guy who moved from Long Island to Dallas and has no regrets about it. Obviously he had issues.
But, all I know is what everyone on this board already knows - New Yorkers are some of the most helpful & friendly people around. Because they choose not to greet every joe-schmoe down the street, it does not make them rude. I mean putting trust in complete strangers on the street would be a bit ridiculous and probably a little dangerous.
Anyway, we need to start a campaign of some sort to promote NYC as the friendliest mofoing place on the planet. And we need to convince everyone that real New Yorkers DO NOT say “fuhhgeddaboudit”
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I think that some are friendly here, but just like any other large group, there are a few winners and a whole lot of losers. There are people who are blatantly rude. I attribute it to the fact that NYers have no choice but to put up with a lot of crap (tourists, cold weather, slow walkers, bad walkers who weave in and out on the sidewalk, etc) so they are understandably irritable.
I try to combat this personally. Whenever I see someone who looks lost or is looking at a map, I ask if they need help finding anything. But, I sometimes feel like because we are thought of as rude, people assume I am trying to screw them over. So sometimes, they will refuse help and look at me like a mugger. Oh well.