Los Angeles One Of The Nation's Rudest Cities: Study

LOS ANGELES, CA — We all know the vibe: people bumping into you because they’re looking at their phone, then not saying sorry, or even telling you to watch where you’re going. Not holding the door. Cutting in front of you in traffic.

The world is full of rude people, and Angelenos and San Franciscans have ranked their cities the ninth and seventh rudest cities in the country, respectively. Online tutoring company Preply asked 1,577 Americans living in the 30 largest cities in the country to rate the average rudeness of their city's residents on a scale from one to 10, with 10 being the rudest. These responses were used to calculate an average rudeness score for each city.

Here are the country’s ten rudest cities, according to their residents:

1. Philadelphia (Average rudeness score: 6.43)
2. Memphis (6.05)
3. New York City (6.00)
4. Las Vegas (5.98)
5. Boston (5.90)
6. Detroit (5.70)
7. San Francisco (5.69)
8. Washington, D.C. (5.35)
9. Los Angeles (5.35)
10. Houston (5.33)

There are a seemingly infinite number of ways to be rude. Survey respondents were also asked to rate the most common rude behaviors they observed in their city. Examples include:

• Being absorbed on the phone in public (most common in NYC)
• Not letting people merge in traffic (Memphis)
• Not slowing down around pedestrians (Boston)
• Being noisy in public (Memphis)
• Not acknowledging strangers (Boston)
• Not respecting personal space (Memphis)
• Being rude to service staff (Memphis)

It isn’t all bad news for California. San Diego, its second largest city by population, was ranked as the country’s second most polite city. San Jose ranked 11th, with an average rudeness score of 4.85. Here are the country’s 10 most polite cities, followed by their scores.

1. Austin (3.91)
2. San Diego (4.17)
3. Fort Worth (4.20)
4. Nashville (4.33)
5. Indianapolis (4.47)
6. Chicago (4.53)
7. Columbus, Ohio (4.61)
8. Oklahoma City (4.82)
9. Milwaukee (4.82)
10. Denver (4.84)

See here for the full results. Do you agree? Let us know in the comments: just don’t be rude.