Texas prides itself on being cordial; our road signs even say “Drive Friendly — The Texas Way.”
Rude behavior is for those states up north, not here … right?
Not so fast, because we’ve got four cities in a survey of the top rudest in the U.S. That’s according to the education tutoring company Preply, which surveyed Americans across 46 cities on a number of topics, including politeness. KXAN found the study, which determined that Houston had a rudeness score of 8.04 out of 10 — that makes it the rudest city in Texas, and 13th overall. Close behind was Austin, at #19. (That’s a jump from two years ago when Preply did a similar study in 2022.) Dallas clocked in at 18th rudest and Fort Worth was 29th.
The top five rudest behaviors, according to the survey were: lack of self-awareness; talking on speakerphone in public; being loud in shared spaces; watching videos or listening to music in public; and lack of care for others.
The rudest city in the U.S. is Miami, with a truly impressive rudeness score of 9.88. The runner up was Philadelphia with a less-impressive 9.12. The least-rude cities, according to Preply, were Omaha, NE, Minneapolis, MN, and San Diego, CA.
