An idiotic survey by Travel & Leisure claims that New York City is the #2 rudest city in America, second only to Los Angeles. That LA is considered numero uno in incivility makes sense—there are countless self-serving jackasses over there—but anybody who's ever visited NYC know the old stereotype of the boorish, inconsiderate New Yorker is just a canard perpetuated by those Hollywood scumbags. Stop and ask a New Yorker for directions and others will immediately gather, competing to guide you. Fall onto the subway tracks and New Yorkers will risk their lives to save you. Hell, even our bank robbers are polite! So how did this stupid survey rank us so high on the rude list? Oh, wait it didn't—it's just the schmuck who wrote the dumbass Travel & Leisure article misrepresenting the survey. more ›

So let's say you've just led police on a four-mile-long high speed car chase, which only came to an end after you struck a state police cruiser and slammed into the center median barrier of I-84. Do you get out of the car, admit defeat, and demurely go with the police? Or do you tell them to wait while you finish smoking your crack cocaine? more ›

A recent review of complaints shows that the city's toll booth clerks may not be the worlds nicest people. The Port Authority recorded just 24 complaints and the MTA 153 in the past 19 months, and most of them revealed much more serious problems than just miscounted change. At least no one has pulled a gun... yet. more ›

We all know that pedestrians are crazy about jaywalking, and bikers are outspoken about every single thing they can possibly be outspoken about, but what about drivers? Well, they're just rude. You knew that, but now Streetfilms has a scaremongering video, complete with subtle eerie soundtrack music, that assures the viewer they probably encountered death multiple times today. more ›

An American Airlines flight from Miami to LaGuardia Sunday night was canceled due to the passengers' collective rudeness. Fox 5 has it that a flight crew was so late getting to the plane that upon arrival they were greeted with raucous booing from the impatient passengers. So the crew decided to teach the rabble a lesson in manners and refused to work the flight for the “hostile mob.” more ›

It's a common observation, but are New Yorkers really more rude than residents of other cities? In Smithsonian magazine, New Yorker dance critic Joan Acocella thinks we’re just misunderstood. After years of life in the city, she’s made a thorough argument that what outsiders perceive as rudeness is just a side-effect of life in New York, where the boundaries between public and private life are less pronounced. more ›