Are most New Yorkers really assholes?

[OneOfTheseDays]

I just watched Borat again for the second time and was pretty amused at how pissed off the New Yorkers got when Borat tried to approach them. I always thought it was a stereotype that New Yorkers were cold and unfriendly......is this really the case?

 

[dartworth]

assholes are everywhere...

 

[Laughingman12]

I visited New York last year and it wasn't really that bad. Just don't try to talk to stranger or approach anyone randomly.

 

[91TTZ]

YES, they are.

(that yes was a resounding YES).

People in NY are total rat bastards.

 

[ZOXXO]

Originally posted by: Laughingman12
I visited New York last year and it wasn't really that bad. Just don't try to talk to stranger or approach anyone randomly.

So, yes then?

 

[eits]

:looks at mosh;

yes.

 

[dj2004]

I'm from NY and I'm a nice guy (at least I think I am). I think it might be the cold weather.

 

[Ronstang]

I will tell you what I find funny. New Yorkers are definitely assholes, when they are in New York, but get them alone in another state and they are not.

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: eits
:looks at mosh;

yes.

:laugh:

and we are not getting any :beer:s from zim hosein.

 

[bonkers325]

yes, yes we are.

 

[WildHorse]

Ask Kitty Genovese

 

[RedArmy]

No love for the upstate folks?

 

[Shawn]

YES

 

[EvilYoda]

I think that most people would be very put off and offended if a random strange looking man tried to kiss and hug them. People fear what they don't know. Even someone like myself would be...concerned.

 

[AgentUnknown]

Borat was in chelsea, the gay area. That's why he got that reaction.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: AgentUnknown
Borat was in chelsea, the gay area. That's why he got that reaction.

Maybe he should have went as Bruno for a warmer response

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I don't think it's just New Yorkers... I automatically assume that any total stranger who walks up to me on the street is after something.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Laughingman12
I visited New York last year and it wasn't really that bad. Just don't try to talk to stranger or approach anyone randomly.

Why would you approach a random stranger?

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Laughingman12
I visited New York last year and it wasn't really that bad. Just don't try to talk to stranger or approach anyone randomly.

Why would you approach a random stranger?

How else would you get to the illegal mahjong tables in the back?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Every person with a New York/New Jersey-like accent I've met was an asshole, so yes, they are.

 

[doze]

New Yorkers in South Florida certainly are assholes, and most NY/NJ people are assholes on the phone.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Coquito

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Laughingman12
I visited New York last year and it wasn't really that bad. Just don't try to talk to stranger or approach anyone randomly.

Why would you approach a random stranger?

How else would you get to the illegal mahjong tables in the back?

I'll just add this to the list of reasons why I don't live in the states.

 

[ojai00]

Most New Yorkers can be assholes but there are many that are not as well.

 

[CKent]

I think it's just that there's such an influx of different cultures in NY. What's friendly in one culture can be hostile in another and uncouth in a third, so people here have learned to mind their own for fear of making cultural faux pas. This can be seen as unfriendliness by people from elsewhere in the states where you can safely be friendlier. I remember driving to FL for spring break and some girls just walking up to us and saying hi in South Carolina at a fast food restaurant, my friends and I were just like... Uh, do we know you?

 

[Orsorum]

No. They're rude, and they'll tell you if they don't like you, by the New Yorkers I've met were friendly and genuine once I started to actually talk to them.