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Data was drawn from Yelp, Mapquest and Reddit.
San Francisco is #9 and LA is #8 on list. Doesn’t surprise me a bit. Philly and DC (two places I’ve lived are in the Top Five, and my former home Detroit is #2. That actually surprises me a little. I liked the Detroit residents a lot, I have very fond memories. #1, to absolutely no one’s surprise, is New York, where my youngest is moving permanently tomorrow.
The 10 Most Unfriendly U.S. Cities According to Foreign Travelers
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I lived in Las Vegas for a while. Outside of the Strip, people were generally friendly. Lots of Mormons, midwesterners, and people in hospitality.
There were also a lot of Angelenos on the roads, and people behaving like a–es on the Strip (often drunk). It’s also a money town, and people on a losing streak aren’t the best company.
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I agree re: Las Vegas and thematically, your comments apply to San Francisco and LA. Lots of good people outside of the big cities, but if you’re not woke and fully supportive of illegal immigrants, you’re not really welcome there.
My take on New Yorkers is that once you get to know them, they’re terrific. Salt of the earth, great people…once you get to know them. As strangers, rude and hostile.
Detroit is interesting. I never had a problem in the four years that I lived there, but it is basically a city formerly under siege. If you could get out, you got out, and that was between one and three generations ago. Since then, they’ve lost 70% of their population. Large chunks of Detroit proper, particularly once you get off the main drag, are a ghost town. Everyone is running scared, and it leads to some very odd social rules. For example, it is considered rude to come to a red light or stop sign abreast of the other vehicle– in the line of fire, so to speak. It’s considered appropriate to be either a half car length ahead or behind of the car next to you.
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