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"Is Buffalo the rudest place in America? " [View all] hedgehog Aug 2012 OP

That's weird. Everyone I ever met from Buffalo was very pleasant. RagAss Aug 2012 #1

I still think my old hometown, Boston... maveric56 Aug 2012 #2

I'm beginning to agree with you there. smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #43

This is one of the great ironies of America. CabCurious Aug 2012 #73

+1 Shrek Aug 2012 #69

I used to live in Buffalo. Don't remember any rudeness. phantom power Aug 2012 #3

uh uh. as big cities go, Chicago is one of the friendliest ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2012 #4

NYC is the friendliest? Bullshit! Fargo is the friendliest place in the US! Odin2005 Aug 2012 #5

Well, that's not very agreeable ornotna Aug 2012 #13

Minnesotans are only friendly, in that weirdly hifiguy Aug 2012 #23

I know exactly what you mean by the passive-aggressiveness, LOL! Odin2005 Aug 2012 #45

People are very likely to respond in different ways ... surrealAmerican Aug 2012 #6

Not by any means. Ever been to the DFW area? Now THAT'S rude! HopeHoops Aug 2012 #7

Yep. I have. More than once. And I agree with you. PDJane Aug 2012 #31

Toronto is rather nice. Montreal is a hotbed for strip clubs. Hard call. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #38

Well, if checking twitter comments for several days isn't the best way figure this out hughee99 Aug 2012 #8

Not surprising at all. Upstate NY is unfriendly, even hostile. closeupready Aug 2012 #9

Upstate New York varies depending on whether hedgehog Aug 2012 #12

True - thank you for that correction. closeupready Aug 2012 #14

no, it depends on weAther CabCurious Aug 2012 #26

It's been my experience that those with heat and sunshine most of the year PDJane Aug 2012 #32

Touche! CabCurious Aug 2012 #34

pffft Earth_First Aug 2012 #44

My Buffalo-bred wife would whomp your behind for calling Buffalo "upstate NY"! petronius Aug 2012 #46

That's only because Buffalonians have Albany Association Syndrone (AAS) CabCurious Aug 2012 #49

Oswego, NY hostile?? I think not. Inkfreak Aug 2012 #57

Okay, it's a date. closeupready Aug 2012 #60

My friend from Boston says the difference between the West Coast and the East Coast panader0 Aug 2012 #10

bless your heart. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2012 #21

From my experience, Boston is the rudest; Houston is the friendliest. Zen Democrat Aug 2012 #11

From my experience... 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2012 #17

New Orleans is the friendliest . . fleur-de-lisa Aug 2012 #29

Boston people are nice, not the nicest, but nice. crimson77 Aug 2012 #36

Not in my experience. Boston is certainly the snottiest, rudest place I've been in the USA CabCurious Aug 2012 #50

San Bernardino, CA sucks big time Art_from_Ark Aug 2012 #52

Hardly. 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2012 #15

The data actually indicates that Buffalo is the most honest city! hedgehog Aug 2012 #16

It's all my fault - five of my children are in residence there! hedgehog Aug 2012 #18

I disagree... SidDithers Aug 2012 #19

Buffalo is a very friendly city? You probably ran into Canadian tourists. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #59

Well, If Your CIty Lost 4 Superbowls In A Row Yavin4 Aug 2012 #20

Buffalo: City of No Illusions hedgehog Aug 2012 #22

That's just mean CabCurious Aug 2012 #51

Okay, that just hurts! blueamy66 Aug 2012 #66

I've been to both cities TrogL Aug 2012 #24

Buffalonians aren't rude. They are just cold, deprived of sunlight, and lonely. CabCurious Aug 2012 #25

Once, it was completely overcast every day from November to February, hedgehog Aug 2012 #33

The fact that you have to post photographic proof of sunlight existing in Buffalo... CabCurious Aug 2012 #35

Well, Buffalo occasionally does get some spectacular weather hedgehog Aug 2012 #39

:) CabCurious Aug 2012 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Aug 2012 #63

If you had to live through the winters they do... liberal N proud Aug 2012 #27

lol -- that sounds like very sound methodology fishwax Aug 2012 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Aug 2012 #30

Having worked in NYC and lived in the midwest, my experience was phylny Aug 2012 #37

Well Carolina Hurricanes fans think so. mmonk Aug 2012 #40

Some of the rudest people I've ever met were in the townships in SW PA 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #41

Absolutely agree. MadrasT Aug 2012 #47

I never really thought of Buffalo as rude so much as suffering from hubris Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2012 #42

WKBW, Major Tom and Flo Sweetley, Bowling for Dollars KurtNYC Aug 2012 #54

thanks for the memories....reallly.... blueamy66 Aug 2012 #67

Oops - "Commander Tom" -- Major Tom was a Bowie lyric from the same period KurtNYC Aug 2012 #70

You're right....I didn't catch it! blueamy66 Aug 2012 #71

Ted's charcoal hots... jumptheshadow Aug 2012 #68

You know that 99.9999% of people in the world aren't on TV? I just read a long article about Romulox Aug 2012 #62

I always thought Joliet, Illinois was the unfriendliest lunatica Aug 2012 #53

My father had a standing joke for whichever city he was in. MarianJack Aug 2012 #55

The Capitol in DC is the rudest place in America. They kill Americans. That's rude. nt valerief Aug 2012 #56

Anchor Bar wings. Suicidal. Inkfreak Aug 2012 #58

be an active and open pro choice democrat in a very republican area dembotoz Aug 2012 #61

Rule Number One: jumptheshadow Aug 2012 #64

Buffalo's response: "F-U Daily Mail! blueamy66 Aug 2012 #65

The rudest place in the world is my front porch. mysuzuki2 Aug 2012 #72