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[quote=Anonymous]Hmm.

There seems to be a pattern of areas with a highly educated population corresponding with increased reputation for rudeness, coldness and standoffish behavior. Seattle, San Francisco, Boston especially, NYC, New England in general, Minneapolis, and even our beloved DC, all rank high on the unfriendliness reputation scale.

I'm sure sociologists will explain why this may be the case more accurately than I can but I suspect the connection (if any) is that highly educated people are less likely to look to their broader community for friendship or companionship, instead preferring to resort to their immediate social community of peers (coworkers, friends, common interests etc). Because they don't see much of a connection to the broader community, they are less likely to make the small chat or exhibit the small social cues that mark public friendliness. And likewise they don't expect the same from others. The larger the educated population is, the more reinforced this behavior becomes so it becomes unconscious and accepted as the norm without much thought about it, so it's no longer even viewed as rude.

Ok, feel free to rip this theory to threads ;) [/quote]

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