Travel + Leasure magazine conducted a survey among its visitors, asking them to rank 226 cities in the world on a scale from friendliest to most inhospitable (about 200,000 people took part in the survey). Alas, even the abundance of attractions, luxurious restaurants and nightlife does not guarantee that the city will be recognized as impeccable. And the friendliest were two cities in Ireland at once - Galway and Dublin. The third place was taken by the city of Charleston, USA.
Top 10 most inhospitable cities in the world as follows.
10. Cannes, France
The rating starts with the city where one of the most famous film festivals is held. It's also full of rich and good looking snobs. Cannes is like an aging socialite - you need money to get her attention. Much money.
9. Las Vegas, USA
This city can hardly be called an intellectual, but what's the difference? He gained his fame thanks to luxurious, memorable and not too clean entertainment.
8. Baltimore, USA
Alas, the former glory of this city has faded: fewer and fewer tourists go there. Although the city is still renowned for its exquisite theatrical performances, spectacular views of the Chesapeake Bay and a variety of dishes from Callinectes sapidus, the blue crab.
7. Philadelphia, USA
The city of brotherly love quickly loses all its appeal if, during a sporting event where a local team plays, you are discovered to be identified by another team.
6. New York, USA
New York has already earned the dubious title of America's most inhospitable city. In this city you can find everything - except for a person who will explain the way to you. However, most tourists agree that it is worth a little patience for Central Park, local dining and stunning views from the top of One World.
5. Los Angeles, USA
Even the sun shining in the sky all year round cannot turn Los Angeles into a warm and welcoming city. People here look great, but on test it turns out that half of them are pompous chumps, and the other half consider themselves the pinnacle of evolution. “They are rude, angry, just waiting to cheat,” - sooner or later, any tourist who was not lucky enough to spend more than an hour in the city will say in their hearts.
4. Marseille, France
Even the French themselves are not happy with the country's second largest city. “You can either love this city or hate it,” says Mathieu Gamay, director of one of the city's businesses. "It has changed a lot lately, but still too many people find Marseille dirty and neglected." However, despite these shortcomings, some tourists believe that Marseille is much nicer than Paris.
3. St. Petersburg, Russia
Tourists are delighted with the wondrous architecture (the new building of the Mariinsky Theater, the ice-blue Winter Palace, the gilded-gingerbread Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood), but they are not at all happy to communicate with the locals.
2. Atlantic City, New Jersey
If you enjoy gambling and are not intimidated by rude people, this is a good time to have.True, the city's many casinos are still struggling to recover from the blow of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
1.Moscow
How did it happen that Moscow, which was usually popular with tourists from all over the world, came to the top of the ranking of the most unfriendly cities? First of all, due to the hostility of the locals, so for excursions around the city - from the Kremlin to the Izmailovsky market - it is best to hire a personal guide. It is possible that the huge traffic jams, as well as the scarcity and high cost of local cuisine, also played a role.