I think New Yorkers are really warm and friendly! But not everyone thinks that, so maybe it's just my imagination.
Are people in your city/neighborhood friendly?
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I think New Yorkers are friendly too! Even to visitors. I was pleasantly surprised a decade ago and I have been back two more times and confirmed it. People are not that friendly here. They can be but most are just neutral most of the time. Not cold. More polite.
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@mrbee: I've only spent a week in NYC but I found people to be friendly too!
My current city? Nope! People are pushy and rude.
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In my city? Yes, for the most part there's a lot of southern/Texan friendliness around here! The exception apparently being my neighborhood!
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Yep. I think west coast people are sooooooooo friendly. However, a lot of people experience the Seattle freeze so I think some people may disagree with me! It hasn't been my experience though.
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Not particularly. The Viennese have a bad reputation.
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Yes and no? Brits seem to mind their own business in public. They're not rude or anything, just keep to themselves. For the most part, once you are having a conversation, they are very polite and friendly people.
My neighborhood, not at all. Most of my neighbors are Eastern European immigrants and they are, frankly, really rude, inconsiderate, and generally awful neighbors. Their one redeeming quality seems to be that they mind their own business.
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Yes! I love where we live - everyone is super friendly!
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Yes! I was saying to Dh the other day, that since we moved to this area the people are much more friendly. For example, when you have to give way, the car coming towards us will always move over first...usually everyone tries to get through as quick as possible!
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The neighbors around around us no. But the ones at the other end if the neighborhood are.
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Yes for sure! We live in a small town and everyone is pretty great
When I worked in customer service at the bank though, I'd run in to some sassy people!
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Yes! We have the best neighbors ever. Seriously, we won't even consider moving because we love our neighbors so much! Our town is also very family friendly and we have met so many great friends since moving here. We feel extremely lucky.
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Yes and no. I work at the public library so I see both sides...there are really sweet people in my town and I have also dealt with some of the rudest people I have ever met. But honestly, I think that would happen in any town!
Our neighbors are all pretty nice (apartment complex) but there are some we talk with more than others.
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Our neighbors are downright nasty!
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I agree new yorkers are friendly. I was surprised my first visit there. We got on the wrong train and ended up in harlem and clearly had that "lost tourist" look and had people offer up help and be so nice!
I think people in my area are friendly. Not like, introduce yourselves friendly. But a smile and a waive.
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Yep for the most part.
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Oh yes, my little town is full of friendly people. Even our adjacent larger city is pretty friendly, though not as much of a small town feel. We live in a place where everyone knows everyone.
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I didn't find New Yorkers to be rude, but I wouldn't label them as friendly. Everyone seemed to mind their own business, which is fine. But I'm from southern Louisiana where you strike up a conversation with anyone anywhere. If I tried to make small talk with a New Yorker, I would have felt like I was intruding.
I live in a smaller suburb and yes everyone is very friendly.
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When I lived in Philly, people were definitely not friendly. A lot of people in my neighborhood would do things like spit at my dog or try to stomp on her totally unprovoked, just for fun. Where I live now though they're pretty friendly.
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No. I live in Philadelphia. In general, people here are not very friendly. I mean....they throw batteries at sporting events. They throw snowballs at Santa. They purposefully vomit on 11-year-old children. No. Not nice.
ETA: I realize that those are kind of isolated incidents. But in general, they're rude, pushy, inconsiderate, and opinionated.
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YES! Very! We recently moved and everyone had been SO nice!!!
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@littlebug: I guess we have the same opinion! We got tired of the whole mentality there...it's so disgusting.
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They are for the most part. I think it's hard to get to spend time with our neighbors though since we spend half the year couped up inside!
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@spaniellove: Yup. That is a big part of the reason why we're planning to move back to Central PA. People are 100x more friendly there!
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We live in the midwest, we are kind of known for our kindness. My direct neighbors are not friendly (don't even know their names) but we are friends wtih several other couples in the neighborhood.
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We just moved into our neighborhood last May, haven't really connected with any neighbors yet... We did meet this couple w/ a dog and our dogs played together really nicely, but we haven't run into each other again!
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So we live between two places, a larger city (state capital) and a small, rural town. People in the city are WAY friendlier!! Or maybe its the same, but I just feel that way because I had a nasty run-in recently with a neighbor in the small town!!
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Yes, most people are friendly.
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Our city, as a whole, is very friendly which is what I've found to be typical of mid-sized cities on the west coast. However, our street is not. We rarely, if ever, see any of our neighbors. We had a HOA meeting in October and only a few people showed up. It seems that most people just want to do their own thing and are indifferent to the rest of the street.
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We may live on the friendliest street! My husband and I walk to the train and our neighbor calls us every morning when he is leaving for work in the morning to drive us to the train (it's about a 6 min walk). Our other neighbors snow blow our walk and drive every storm, two doors down a recent empty nester calls on Saturday nights when she is home and will sit with kids so we can go out for a drink, on Halloween they give specific gifts to our kids, come over on Xmas eve with gifts and then we also get together with the young families for pizza/beer nights a few times a year. We are outgrowing our house and leaving will be awful!
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Somewhat? Everyone says midwesterners are really friendly, but compared to where I grew up down south, they're practically stand-offish!
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I think New Yorkers are very nice and pretty friendly. I am from London originally and I think Londoners are nice too, but perhaps a bit more polite and reserved at first. I do find that I am more likely to actually strike up genuine friendships with total strangers in London but not so much in NYC.
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I don't think so. In my apartment building everyone keeps to themselves. It's so weird. If you happen to pass someone walking down the hall, they look away and avoid contact or even saying hi. It's so bizarre.
It was easier to meet people here in high school/college. I actually like being in college because students tend to be more open to friendship.
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