Miami Overtakes New York as America’s Rudest City

Move over, New York. The city famous for its bagels and Broadway has been nudged down to fifth place in a nationwide ranking of rudeness, and the crown now sits on sunny Miami’s head.

The list – compiled by Manhattan Mental Health Counseling – sifted through thousands of Yelp reviews, Reddit threads and Google searches that mentioned impolite or abrasive behavior. Each city received a composite score from zero to 100, the higher the number, the more “rude” the online vibe.

Miami topped the chart with a whopping 94.11 points, narrowly beating Las Vegas, which posted 91.84. Memphis, Tennessee took third (88.38) and Oakland, California came in fourth (87.10). New York, forever the poster child for brashness, managed 83.58 – respectable, but nowhere near the top.

Interestingly, New Yorkers still hold a dubious brag: they generate the highest proportion of Yelp reviews that call out rude encounters. About 3.34 % of the city’s reviews mention a bad‑mannered experience, edging out Miami’s 3.21 % and Vegas’s 3.18 %.

What really set Miami apart was the sheer volume of search queries about rudeness. The study measured searches per 10,000 residents, and Miami logged 28.41 – the highest of all 70 cities examined.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Irvine, California was crowned the nation’s most polite city, scoring a mere 1.91 and landing at the very bottom of the rudeness list. Alaska’s Anchorage (4.66) and Nebraska’s Lincoln (9.50) rounded out the least‑rude trio.

Other big‑name metros fared somewhere in the middle. Detroit (81.41), Orlando (81.17) and Philadelphia (78.48) all landed in the 70s, while Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle hovered in the 70s‑40s range, proving that size doesn’t automatically translate to snark.

“These figures capture patterns in online reviews, discussions and searches, rather than measuring how every person in a city treats others,” explained Natalie Buchwald, spokesperson for Manhattan Mental Health Counseling. “Rudeness is also shaped by context and expectations, so think of this as a snapshot of digital signals, not a definitive label for residents.”