Ok, no offense taken. Its true, I will simply leave earlier or wait for the next train.

I am a peaceful person, and don't want people to believe otherwise (:-

right, I try to make it my policy that I will behave decently in the subway despite how rude others may be. What I find rude, more than pushing into a crowded train, is when there are tons of people standing and the people sitting take more than one seat.

MY pet peeve is the door blockers. People who block the door, who have no intention of getting off that stop by block the door anyway. GRRR!!!

Well not to be rude or anything, but after several years I can tell you that Verizon's service sucks (here and every other state I've lived in) and so maybe we are just more direct to tell you that. Plus have you ever been in a major city trying to get business done and had your service go down only to be met with incompetent customer service who treats you like crap? It's simple as that. Provide good service and people will be pleasant.

Anyways, I have lived here for almost two years and honestly have yet to deal with any people I have considered to be rude whatsoever. Shop owners, employees, don't know where you are going but I've never had that problem. If you go to snobbish places then you have to expect that. If you have a problem with service then complain to their manager or don't go in their store. How is that for direct, or do you consider that to be rude? Now please stop walking 10 across on the sidewalk but feel free to ask directions.

Like others have said most people here are from other areas and have an agenda with their career or their life. We love the city and don't mind paying to live here because you take the negative and it's more than made up with the positive. If you don't like it you can always move to where people are close-minded and know all of your business. If you want to be anonymous and just live your life without caring what the person next to you is doing then welcome.

There are nice people wherever you go. There are rude people wherever you go. It's just the way the world is.

I'm originally from New York, then moved to NC for college, then Florida and Colorado while in the military, and back to NC.

Personally, I found the people in Colorado to be the rudest of all. They were unfriendly, not helpful at all, and very judgmental. They actually said I was unsophisticated and uncultured since my husband I chose not to pay $3,000/month for a downtown Denver studio apartment. I felt like telling them that after New York City, Denver just didn't seem to be worth the money. When I said I was moving back east a few years later, they scoffed about why I would return to a place filled with rednecks, humidity, and insects.

In New York, I was never treated rudely. Abruptly, sure. But never rudely.

Personally, the only person who has ever been rude to me while in NY was, ahem, shall we say definately *not* a New Yorker!

I've found that everyone else has manners us Brits could take a lesson from!

Leigh x

You're rude for blanketing millions of NY residents with out knowing all of them,. Clearly you need to get out and meet more people,.

That is bologna, they are NOT RUDE. I went to NYC a few years ago, for five days and all the New Yorkers were pleasant, helpful and willing to give a lost tourist some assistance. It was one of the best trips me and my friends ever had, because of the people! Everyone from bartenders to people on the street, When asking for directions or advice on where to go, I was always treated very kindly by the REAL New Yorkers. They were much more helpful than citizens in the city I live.

Funny this was posted, because just last night I was telling some friends about New York, since they are going there in March. I told them contrary to what you hear, New Yorkers are NOT RUDE. I told them the only rudeness I encountered were from people who aren't New Yorkers!!

Completely agree. you hit the nail right on its head about the different approach thing!!!

J, Colorado is known as one of the most friendly of states, and Denver as a city is VERY friendly. I work for a company that has visitors from all over the country, I host people who come to learn English from all over the world, and Denver has a huge convention center near my downtown office. While traveling on the shuttle I get comments from conventioners all the time what a clean, friendly city we have, how easy it is to get around.

Hmmmmm $3,000 studio in downtown Denver - a very rare thing, most rare to be considered on a military salary in particular. The closest base is Buckley which is miles and miles from downtown and no one in their right mind stationed there would consider living downtown. When we had bases at Fitzsimmons and Lowry, none of my military friends would have considered living downtown, and back in those days there was no studio for $3,000 for sure, not even the penthouse on Larimer Square.

Just Blunt.

Every New Yorker I've ever met, whether it's someone from AANY, or from everyday life has been absolutely fantatsic! New York is a big city, with many facets and cultures, and sure, you're going to encounter a bit of rudeness every now and again....but then you name a city/town/village where you don't!

Granted, there may have been the odd occasion where someone hasn't been as friendly as one would hope, but then we all get bad days, don't we?