These Texas Cities Are Considered Among The Rudest In The U.S.
By Ginny Reese, Kelton Brooks
December 9, 2020
Saying please and thank you can take you a long way. So, if the saying is true, don’t travel too far to these cities considered the rudest in the country.
A survey by Insider and SurveyMonkey asked nearly 2,100 Americans to rank what they believed were the five rudest U.S. cities from a list of the nation’s 50 largest cities. If you placed a bet on New York City ranking No. 1 on the rudeness list, then you would be a very rich person right now.
New York, New York was named the rudest city by a landslide 34 percent of survey-takers.
Coming in mildly at No. 50 is Raleigh, North Carolina.
Rounding out the top-5 behind New York City, according to the survey, are Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Boston.
Texas has four cities on the list, but none of them placed in the top 10. Dallas came in at number 14, placing the highest of the Texas cities. Austin was number 16, Houston was number 18, and San Antonio was number 38.
Here’s an official rudeness ranking of 50 American cities, starting with the worst offender.
- New York, New York
- Los Angeles, California
- Washington D.C.
- Chicago, Illinois
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Detroit, Michigan
- Buffalo, New York
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- San Francisco, California
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Dallas, Texas
- Miami, Florida
- Austin, Texas
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Houston, Texas
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Tampa, Florida
- Sacramento, California
- San Diego, California
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Seattle, Washington
- San Jose, California
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Columbus, Ohio
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Portland, Oregon
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Louisville, Kentucky
- San Antonio, Texas
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Orlando, Florida
- Riverside, California
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Denver, Colorado
- Richmond, Virginia
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Raleigh, North Carolina
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