The Most Polite Cities in the World
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 06.28.06 | 6:30 AM ET
They’re New York, Zurich and Toronto, according to a survey in the July issue of Readers Digest. The least polite? Mumbai, Bucharest and Kuala Lumpur. The magazine arrived at its conclusions after a semi-scientific survey: It asked its reporters in major cities in the 35 different countries where it publishes to perform a series of tests.
Two reporters—one woman and one man—fanned out across the city, homing in on neighborhoods where street life and retail shops thrive. They performed three experiments: “door tests” (would anyone hold one open for them?); “document drops” (who would help them retrieve a pile of “accidentally” dropped papers?); and “service tests” (which salesclerks would thank them for a purchase?).
Check out the entire list of 35 ranked cities.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
