do you think people from boston are rude?

Answer 1

Yes they are rude and tend to get more easily angered. They are poor losers when it comes to their sports teams losing and not good winners either. Bostonians also have one of the most obnoxious accents in the country...BAHHHSTAN...CAH...it is awful...

Answer 2

I don't feel that Boston people are rude anymore than anywhere else. The people there are like any other people in The Big City's always in a hurry and never have time to stop and smell the flowers let alone answer questions for someone.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

When I was flying back home to Boston a couple weeks ago, the lady on the plane next to me asked me all sorts of questions about Boston, and mostly she was worried about people being mean. My answer to her, and to everyone that asks that, is this: If you aren't a Yankees fan, and you don't make fun of the accent, we'll be nice to you.

The steward and stewardess on the plane described Bostonians as "lovely."

If people are rude to you in Boston, chances are they, 1) are running late because of a Big Dig tunnel problem; 2) are waiting for the T and angry it's late; 3) are actually displaced New Yorkers; or 4) are college students not from Boston and are freezing their asses off, thereby angry, mean, and giving a bad name to Bostonians everywhere.


Again, New Yorkers are rude to everybody. That's part of New York culture. NOT Boston culture.

Answer 5

Not necessarily. People can be rude regardless of where they are from. On the whole, I find people in Boston to be quite lovely and polite. However, I'm sure there are rude people here, just as there are anywhere else.

Answer 6

I just traveled to Boston and, while the crowd there seems hesitant around strangers, they did not strike me as rude. There's a different culture to Boston than, say, the South or where I'm from, i.e. California (where people tend to welcome you into their homes and random strangers chat up on public transit). It just takes Bostonians a while to warm up to strangers. That, to me, is not rudeness...it's just how the personalities are in a particular area. Granted, there were some from the city who talked to me like a friend from long ago...however, if you don't come off too aggressive in politeness, they'll be fine to you.

Also, I found Bostonians to be very helpful with directions to tourist sites

Answer 7

Yes and no. I think the brusqueness can easily come off toward a stranger as rudeness, but there are a lot of factors going on. I think that the pace of living and the overall weather conditions up here can be very stress-producing, and so people are on edge a lot and are already somewhat frazzled, so if you inadvertantly contribute to that stress, people will act defensive. No offence -- it's really not personal, but it's just added stress that people might not have any tolerance left for.

I think in general people here are careful how much they open up to others anyway. There has to be trust established first, and in random situations with strangers there isn't enough time for that to happen comfortably, so people are just going to be defensive when out in the street or on the train. I have found that when I give people room and am considerate of them, they mostly respond in kind, but only after they feel like I'm not out to lower their defenses so I can exploit them in some way. But if I act too friendly, they clam right up.

Trust generally takes a longer time to establish here, maybe longer than if I were in California, where the weather is nice and people feel ok about slowing down and being mellow. But the environment here can make even simple day-to-day activities feel daunting. The unsuspecting stranger just gets in the line of fire when we're on our last nerve, we blow them away, and we feel bad about it later. It's not personal, nor is it nice, but it's also not indicative of a limited capacity to care or to be kind. We're just dealing with a fast, demanding, crowded environment that takes lots of patience, and we can run out way too soon.

If you really want to feel happy crowd energy in Boston, spend the 4th of July here. It's amazing how nice people can be when they share beautiful and joyous moments together. Yes, even here.

Answer 8

I live in Boston and the only time I have really ever experienced rudeness is on the roads. Boston drivers are brutal.

Answer 9

Omgosh! Yes! I went to Boston quite often because my in laws lived there. I am a very laid back nice person who gets along with basically everyone. I have never been around rude people in my life. It actually got to the point one time that I was literally leaning over my ex husband to argue with a guy on the street that was yelling curse words at us.

Answer 10

I think that the people in the northeast (especially in a large city) are different with respect to the way they relate to strangers than they are in most other parts of the country. They aren't rude, they are just mostly focused on themselves and what they are doing - definitely not as outgoing as you'd find in other places (example: the stereotype of never making eye contact in an elevator is true, haha), but that shouldn't be confused with intentional rudeness. It's just how it is, especially in a city.

Answer 11

no, i live in DC.....now people here are RUDE! in fact i think people in Boston are quite lovely, love the accent and the guys are hot.