angriest cities

Sorry if this is a d_b, but I stumbled across this this morning and thought the results were a little surprising.

http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=health&category=metrogrades&conitem=9ca8a9f3340dc010VgnVCM10000013281eac____
1. Orlando, FL

2. St. Petersburg, FL

3. Detroit, MI

4. Baltimore, MD

5. Nashville, TN

6. Wilmington, DE

7. Miami, FL

8. Memphis, TN

9. Jacksonville, FL

10. St. Louis, MO

 

How can they leave New York out of the top 10! Fuck them!

 

I can hear Philadelphia booing from here.

 

Orlando always makes me angry. I think it has something to do with all of that manufactured happiness they try to peddle at the theme parks. Usually, I'm just trying to get some work done but I'm assaulted by all things Disney every second I'm there. Screaming, sunburned kids on sugar binges. Worn out moms threatening them. Dads vowing never again to stand on such long lines for over-priced rides. I always avoid flying out of Florida from Orlando, too. Planes are filled with the same screaming families fighting over over-head storage space to fit their giant, stuffed Little Mermaid dolls. The golf courses at the Grand Cypress are nice, though.

 

Philly booed Santa Claus, for christ sakes, and they're not in the top 10?

 

The angriest city is anyone i happen to be in at the time... deal with it

 

Hey, that was 40 years ago, it was cold, and the Eagles were losing.

And didn't they throw snowballs at Santa Claus?

 

I was at Laguardia when the blackout happened and encountered the same thing. Folks were naturally concerned about terrorism, and cellphones weren't working, so the NYC cabbies were opening their doors and blasting their radios, relaying info to people who were in turn, relaying it to everyone in the baggage area and upstairs in ticketing. Very cooperative, non-angry atmosphere.

 

strange list. i can see a list of rudest cities but angriest? i don't really buy it.

 

NYC is definitely friendlier than most cities. New Yorkers seem gruff because they move at a fast pace, and because they're all on top of each other. But, yeah, in a crisis great or small they respond. I always remember, from my time there, when there would be community bonding over someone as small as a subway being excrutiatingly late. Suddenly, the walls would come down, and people would start talking to each other about what was going on.

I can understand why St. Petersburg is up there. It's because it's full of old people and the Devil Rays.

 

Lotta cranky old people in Florida.

But Philly has to be on this list.