I'm in upstate NY and not rude either but I think maybe upstate is a little different? Although, I think maybe rude people are everywhere but mostly I would not recommend NY because of our high taxes. I would move out of the state if it were not for my family. Taxes here are very high and in fact, I can't afford to buy a new house, not because I couldn't affort the mortgage payment but because I can't afford to have my taxes double or triple. I pay about $3000 a year for property taxes now, I would easily double that number if I upgraded my home. And that's just property taxes.....