Spain is one of the favorite tourist destinations in the world to travel thanks to its climate, gastronomy and culture. In fact, two cities in the country They have ‘sneaked’ into the list of the 52 best destinations to visit this 2023, according to The New York Times.
One of the most outstanding aspects of the Spanish is their expressiveness. However, this attitude seems not always to be a positive thing, are we rude A recent study carried out by the online teaching platform Perply has decided to answer this question by conducting a survey.
Specific, This studio focuses on asking more than 1,500 residents from 19 areas Spanish women how often, on a scale from 1 to 10, they encounter rude behaviour. In addition, they have also been interested in knowing how many tips they usually give or who they think is the most rude for them, if their neighbors or people from outside.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the rudest city
In this way, after analyzing the data, they have reached the conclusion that the three cities most voted as the rudest are Santa Cruz de Tenerife (6.06); Granada (5.95); and Alicante-Elche (5.81). These three are followed by San Sebastián (5.77); Bilbao (5.73); Palma (5.69); Barcelona (5.64); Malaga (5.61); Valladolid (5.58) and Madrid (5.53).
The reasons why those surveyed have voted Santa Cruz de Tenerife as the rudest city have been because its inhabitants spend all day glued to the phone and for not giving way to other cars when there is a lot of traffic, among other reasons.
For the Spaniards who have carried out this survey, the rudest behaviors They are: being on the phone all the time in public, not welcoming strangers, watching videos in public, making noise in public and not tipping.
Vigo, the most educated city in Spain
On the contrary, in this study they have also reflected what is the most educated city, whose title has been taken by Vigo (5.17). This city is followed by A Coruña-Oleiros-Arteixo (5.18); Valencia (5.28); Murcia-Orihuela (5.39); Oviedo-Gijón-Avilés (5.31) Las Palmas (5.39); Zaragoza (5.45); Cádiz (5.50) and Madrid (5.53).
Are the residents or non-residents ruder?
Despite the fact that there are ten Spanish cities considered the rudest, the negative behavior is not always carried out by the people who reside in that place. According to the results, there are only five cities in which the residents consider themselves more ill-mannered: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Cádiz, Vigo, Zaragoza and Bilbao, for spending all day on the phone or not slowing down when passing through areas with many pedestrians, among other reasons.
On the other hand, the five cities where the non-residents are ruder son: Las Palmas, Granada, A Coruña-Oleiros-Arteixo, Valladolid and Palma.
