North vs South

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by macallan25

I've been to New York several times.......and I can't think of one trip when I was not floored at how rude and dickheadish those people are. Its almost comical.

New York does not equal the entire North.

[UGAalum94]

My personal pet theory about this it that in big cities we come to treat other people as invisible because we'd be driven a little crazy by having to interact with everyone.

So I tend to think rural and suburban people are more casually affectionate and careful about being polite, and urban people have to be a little tougher and guarded.

New York is a great city, but you have to accept that what's normal for New York is unlikely to be normal anywhere else. That can be both good and bad.

Weirdly, I think Ms. Manners ruled that "what" is the correct response when you need something repeated because you didn't hear it. "Excuse me" didn't apply, if I remember correctly. I'd probably say, "will you repeat that; I didn't hear you." But as you can tell, I use a lot of words.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

New York does not equal the entire North.

Thanks.

There are rude people everywhere, I know this, even down here. I do think though that manners and hospitality are more widespread down here, especially when it comes to strangers.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Thanks.

There are rude people everywhere, I know this, even down here. I do think though that manners and hospitality are more widespread down here, especially when it comes to strangers.

I just think generalizing that New York is representative of the north is like saying that, oh, Jacksonville is representative of the south.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

I just think generalizing that New York is representative of the north is like saying that, oh, Jacksonville is representative of the south.

I didn't say they were representative of the North........I simply stated that when I have been in New York I have never seen so many ridiculous, rude, unfriendly assholes. The poster above me was from Brooklyn.....made me think of New York.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by macallan25

I didn't say they were representative of the North........I simply stated that when I have been in New York I have never seen so many ridiculous, rude, unfriendly assholes. The poster above me was from Brooklyn.....made me think of New York.

Fair enough - I won't argue with that. I think that there's probablly an equal proportion of nice people and jerks everywhere but in NYC there's just so many more people that the jerks are so much more obvious.