I’ve seen the news on the Rudest Cities being released, but now we have the rudest kids in the U.S. as survey fodder. The list is phenomenal because the stats are made up of residents’ input. These are neighbors and family members chucking their own kids under the proverbial bus. How can you not love this?
Spoiler Alert
Philly wins again. Philly got the title of Rudest City and Rudest Kids… and Philly doesn’t give a flying Fig Newton about it. If anything, they’re proud of it. I lived in Philly for six years and on the East Coast for nearly 20 years. Philly is tough. They shred their own kids, but if YOU try to do it, they’ll shred you. I make this statement with the utmost respect and love for Philadelphia… in the hopes that they don’t shred me. In my time in Philadelphia, I found many people have a rough exterior but are also extremely loyal. If the Eagles have a bad season, they’ll show up with Eagles jerseys and paper bags on their heads or fly the Eagles flag at half-mast, but THEY SHOW UP. We’ll discuss Santa later.
How Were The Top Cities Decided?
Solitaired.com ran the survey and asked, “On a scale of 1 to 10, how rude are the kids in your city?” The survey broke it down by age groups too: 5-8, 9-12, 13-17. You’ll never guess which age group ranked the highest #sarcasm. Teens, of course, got hit the hardest. I have sympathy for the teen group. My son, Jake, is 13. He can be SO RUDE, but I chalk most of that up to him learning how to be considerate of others and what the rules of the adult world are.
Kids are not naturally nice, in my opinion. We need to teach them civility. Having said that, Jake’s learning of this has been SLOOOOOW GOING… at least inside the house. Other parents will tell me how nice and polite he is. I guess the whole “Devil inside the house/angel outside” adage is true and it’s better than nothing. BTW, the study also found respondents saying that 49% of kids were the rudest to their parents.
Respondents were also asked what the rude behaviors were. Top answers included paying more attention to their phones than anything else, cursing, and playing music or videos too loud. It’s like they’re in the car with Jake and me. Scroll down to check out the top ten cities.
The Rudest Kids in The U.S.
