The Scotsman Reports.......

New York the politest city in the world? Get outta here!
ALASTAIR JAMIESON
CONSUMER AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT
IT IS the city where eye contact is considered an act of aggression and the most frequently used part of a car is the horn.
But New York is the most polite place in the world, according to a survey which ranked its famously brusque citizens well ahead of those in London in kindness and good manners.
The Big Apple scored 80 per cent in a series of tests, including dropping papers in a street in a busy area, seeing how long it took for someone to help, noting whether doors were held open and if shop assistants said thank you after making a sale.
Reader's Digest magazine carried out the tests by sending journalists to cities in 35 countries. London and Paris were in joint 15th place with a score of 57 per cent, while India's Mumbai came bottom with 32 per cent