The 10 rudest cities in Spain

It is well known that, facing the outside, the way of being of the Spanish can seem annoying or, even, rude. Our tendency to speak at the elbows and too loud, the confidence that we usually take or some of our habits at the table They are not to the liking of some nationalities.

However, the rejection of some of our customs is not limited abroad. Even within Spain there are certain areas They have a bad reputation. Cities that the Spaniards themselves conceive as places where rudeness reigns.

To verify this, the language teaching platform Preply has carried out a curious survey in which he tries to discern it. They asked more than 1,000 people from 19 different regions of the country to analyze the habits of 12 areas susceptible to showing signs of impoliteness.

Behaviors Examined

The following list relates to the allegedly rude behaviors that were included in the survey questions:

• Being stunned looking at the mobile in public.
• Don’t let people clump together in traffic.
• Do not slow down when driving near pedestrians.
• Being loud in public.
• Do not greet unknown people.
• Watch videos in public.
• Make public speakerphone calls.
• Hermetic body language.
• Not respecting personal space.
• Being rude to the people who work facing customers.
• Do not leave tips.
• Not respecting the queues.

The rudest cities

The final score is obtained from an average of all the scores that the cities have obtained in each of the behaviours. 10 represents the maximum of rudenessthe ultimate state of lack of manners.

1. Santa Cruz of Tenerife: with a score of 6.06 out of a maximum of 10 for rudeness.
2. Granada: with a score of 5.95 out of 10.
3. Alicante-Elche: with a score of 5.81 out of 10.
4. Saint Sebastian (5.77)
5. Bilbao (5.73)
6. Palma de Mallorca (5.69)
7. Barcelona (5.64)
8. Málaga (5.61)
9. Valladolid (5.58)

10. Madrid (5.53)

Crossing the data, it can be seen that San Sebastián is the city where people tend to being on the phone all the time in public (6.31), they are not welcoming to outsiders (6.26), they don’t even tip (6.05) while in Santa Cruz de Tenerife it is common for watch videos in public (6.21) y make noise (6.15).

The most educated cities

At the opposite end of the spectrum, there are the populations that have achieved the lowest score, that is, the cities that have the best consideration in terms of education:

1. Vigo (5.17)
2. A Coruña-Olerios-Arteixo (5.18)
3. Valencia (5.28)
4. Murcia-Orihuela (5.30)
5. Oviedo-Gijón-Avilés (5.31)
6. the palms (5.39)
7. Zaragoza (5.45)
8. Sevilla (5.45)
9. Cadiz (5.50)

10. Madrid (5.53)