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I've experienced rudeness in many cities. It's the people who have no regard for others that cause the problem. I love NYC. Going there tomorrow in fact.

I've experienced both extremes there. Once I told a man in a car I didn't know the way to Chinatown and he threw a plastic coke bottle at me. This was right after I had my pocket picked.

However, I've experienced some of the most generous acts in NYC including being taken to a VIP area during NYE in Times Square and free services (for being in the military).

They're just busy. It's hectic to live there.

Not rude so much as aloof and busy. They don't mean to be rude, it just comes off that way, from my experience.

Yes, it's like lord of the flies over there so it's probably a survival mechanism.

I was born and raised in NYC and surrounding suburbia (NJ). When I retired i moved to Midwest (IN). 'Nuff said?

I no longer travel to NYC. They are not polite!

My guess is yes

Yes and there's a reason behind it. NYC is so packed full of people that being short with people is the utilitarian thing to do. Nobody chit chats, if everybody in New York did that, nobody would make it to work on time.

I can't say for sure since I haven't been everywhere, but at least in the limited areas I have traveled to, they most certainly are. They might only come 2nd to people here!

No. New Yorkers tend to stay to themselves and not get into everyone else's business.

New Yorkers are mistaken for rude because of their general focus and intensity as well as moving forward