Re: City gals and unnecessary attitude
I agree. I was in the city for majority of my childhood but then we moved to the burbs for the schools.
I think the attitude problem comes from multiple places:
When I was working in the city, I had to be a little mean because people approach you all the time for money, your number, etc. It happens and if you're too friendly...you attract the wrong kind of attention. After a while of doing that, it just becomes second nature and you do it almost unknowingly.
Rush. People in the who work 9 to 5 jobs dont have the same leisurely attitude towards life as people who dont. Those jobs are more in number in bigger cities. When you're rushing to get to work, you dont care if you offend someone in the process.
Technology, fashion, etc is primarily in bigger cities like NYC and Chicago so that is where you will find more people working tighter schedules, stressful jobs, etc.
Location. Go to the South and you will find people who will have you for tea if you simply asked for directions to the local supermarket. People in the Northern states arent like that for the above reasons.