tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post6087285865902276313..comments2024-01-27T00:27:45.851+00:00Comments on race/history/evolution notes: State-level differences in personalityn/ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378473351485233448noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-39929278602779745102008-09-24T21:51:00.000+01:002008-09-24T21:51:00.000+01:00Aww, come on New York, you're just being disagreea...Aww, come on New York, you're just being disagreeable :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-74587915763551603632008-09-14T21:47:00.001+01:002008-09-14T21:47:00.001+01:00The study is based on 620,000 responses to a stand...The study is based on 620,000 responses to a standard personality inventory. Other potential problems exist (e.g., I haven't looked at the paper in detail, so I don't know if or how well they controlled for race), but bias on the part of the researchers should not be an issue.<BR/><BR/>New York appears to be the only American city mentioned in the RD article you link to, so the result is totally irrelevant to intra-US differences. I don't doubt that Americans (including New Yorkers) are polite relative to the rest of the world (particularly when an American definition of courtesy is being used). But it has not been my experience that New Yorkers (especially native, working-class NYers) are polite relative to other Americans.<BR/><BR/>I suspect that if you are correct in your perception that other Americans become less friendly when you mention your place of origin, it has less to do with your place of origin than the manner in which you drop the fact into the conversation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-18025329324394803542008-09-14T21:47:00.000+01:002008-09-14T21:47:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-32512861915674910292008-09-14T20:43:00.000+01:002008-09-14T20:43:00.000+01:00"Studies" such as this have to be taken ..."Studies" such as this have to be taken with a grain of salt. For starters, they are often colored with the prejudices and preconceived notions of the researchers (and the peoples being interviewed).<BR/><BR/>I have travelled extensively throughout America (including the places listed as the "friendliest" in this study). I can't help but notice how cool many if not most of these people become towards me the moment they find out I'm from New York City. I have heard similar stories from large numbers of my fellow New Yorkers, so one has to wonder just exactly who is calling these people "friendly." Before making any disparaging remarks about New Yorkers, ask yourself, realistically, how many New Yorkers do you think these peoples actually meet?<BR/><BR/>In a less "scientific" study, Reader's Digest rated New York City (along with Zurich & Toronto) the most courteous city in the world.<BR/><BR/>http://www.readersdigest.ca/mag/2006/07/polite.php<BR/><BR/>I recall reading sometime last year a survey done by Orbitz that rated New Yorkers among the most helpful people to strangers on earth.<BR/><BR/>It's no accident psychology has been called the most subjective of the sciences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com