SEATTLE - As defined by the Oxford Dictionary, rudeness is a lack of respect for other people and their feelings. Rudeness can be interpreted in many different ways, like not opening the door for strangers, not letting someone switch lanes on the road or listening to music without headphones while in public.
In this context, language learning platform Preply released its 2024 study on the rudest cities of America based on behaviors of people in the largest cities across the country. The language learning experts conducted the study by surveying residents about social behaviors they noticed in their city and calculated a city rudeness score based on the answers.
