NY least friendly state in US

[Clipper]

NY is ranked 50th friendliest state? I guess we made the right move when we came to Tennessee. Tennessee is ranked 2nd friendliest.

wcyb.com/news/local/tennessee-one-of-friendliest-states-in-country-new-york-least-friendly-per-survey

The friendly nature of the people of Tennessee is one of the things that we first noticed when we moved here. Southern hospitality is not a myth. I am always impressed when shopping in a retail store here and need directions to find something. It is not at all unusual for the employee to drop what they are doing and actually take you to the item you are looking for. That goes for grocery stores as well as other retailers. There just seems to be more concern for a person's fellow man. When funeral procession goes by, not only do people yield to the procession, even if the procession is passing in the opposite direction, many will pull over and get out of their car and hold their hand or hat over their heart. It just is a slower and more peaceful lifestyle. Quite conducive to retired life.

It is hard to put a finger on it, but it just seems that there is an overall more friendly atmosphere here. While we always loved NY and the people, NY has a much more hurried lifestyle. People don't seem to take as much time to interact with those that they meet in their everyday travels.

But for the taxes, cost of living, and the winters Kathy and I would move back in a heartbeat, but if any of you are looking for a "friendly" place to retreat to and an escape from all the negative aspects of living in NY State, come on down.

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Now a days it is difficult to even look at a persons face. Everyone has their head down viewing their cell phone in case they might have missed important information. I notice that at McDonald's a lot. People order then wait then pick up order get something to drink sit down and hit the cell phone immediately. One day I watched a guy eat and type on his cell phone at the same time. He even missed his mouth attempting to feed himself while viewing. It is interesting.

[Clipper]

Kathy and I were coming home from Kingsport the other day and we saw a guy riding along the shoulder of busy US Route 11 on a mountain bike, texting with both hands, with no hands on the handle bars. I was tempted to hit the horn, but I was afraid he would likely crap his drawers and then immediately crash either into the ditch or out into traffic.

I find it very sad when I see an entire family in a restaurant, all with fingers flying and face buried in their cell phone, not interacting with each other at all. That is not something unique to NY State.

[clarencebunsen]

We don't have cell phones or tablets at the dinner table. However we often have the TV on with the news. I suppose that is a bad habit but at this point we are unlikely to change.

[Clipper]

We also have the tv on and tuned to the news. Yes, it is a bad habit. Half the time we are not even paying any attention to it. Seldom anything that we could not wait until the 10PM news to hear.

[Ralph]

   During my travels I always found folks south of NY state to be more friendly in general.  But then, we have had the Cuomo family here for generations, it taints the populace.

[clarencebunsen]

I seem to find friendly and helpful people wherever I go. Maybe it helps to look like Santa.

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I was on the Bus from HELL tonight returning from Walmart. Two blacks one male and another female were fighting outside of Walmart. Something told me to wait another 45 minutes for the next Bus but I disobeyed my instinct and made a huge mistake. The two of them were screaming at each other using every foul language they could use. In the course of the argument I figured out that the guys brother slept with this girls mother and younger daughter and she walked in on them in ( her) crib. I would say both are near 30 years old . But she said to him that he knocked up her daughter that was 14 years old. But lucky she is not pregnant. I could go on but it gets filthy. I actually had a stomach ache when I left the Bus and just now sent off an email to CENTRO headquarters in Syracuse. The Bus driver just kept driving and said nothing. In his defense he might of been scared. When we finally arrived downtown and got off the Bus the other 4 passengers and myself just looked at each other in disbelief. And to make it worse an Amish man was also on the Bus and had to hear these tow fools. They had a third lady with them who was screaming on her cell phone at someone all the while we were driving back to HUB.