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What Tennessee city made most polite and which city is the rudest city in the U.S.

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What Tennessee city made most polite and which city is the rudest city in the U.S.

We Tennesseans are known for southern hospitality and willingness to always help others. However, a recent survey shows one city in the Volunteer State is one of the rudest in the country.

The survey asked over 1,500 residents of the 30 largest metropolitan areas to rate the rudeness of the average resident in their city on a scale of one to ten.

Memphis scored a 6.05 on the rude side!

Top 5 rudest cities in the US

Philadelphia, PA (6.43)
Memphis, TN (6.05)
New York City, NY (6.00)
Las Vegas, NV (5.98)
Boston, MA (5.90)

According to the survey, native Memphians find that the most common rude behavior displayed in the city is not letting people merge in traffic and people being too noisy in public.

The survey also found that one city in Tennessee scored low when it came to rudeness ranking it the fourth most polite city in the country.

Top 5 most polite cities in America:

Austin, TX (3.91)
San Diego, CA (4.17)
Fort Worth, TX (4.20)
Nashville, TN (4.33)
Indianapolis, IN (4.47)

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