Manchester has been voted the least polite city in the UK after data from Trip Advisor and the online database Numbeo was compared.
Uk cities were looked at and given a rating out of 30, with Manchester being given a very low score of just 3.6.
The city came just ahead of London, which scored almost double at 6.6 and Sunderland, which came in at 8.6.
Tripadvisor reviews were scanned for words such as 'friendly', 'polite' and 'fantastic' and Numbeo's data took into consideration a city's safety index and cleanliness score.
We asked people on the streets of Manchester what they think about the city being voted the least polite in the UK.
Uk cities were looked at and given a rating out of 30, with Manchester being given a very low score of just 3.6.
The city came just ahead of London, which scored almost double at 6.6 and Sunderland, which came in at 8.6.
Tripadvisor reviews were scanned for words such as 'friendly', 'polite' and 'fantastic' and Numbeo's data took into consideration a city's safety index and cleanliness score.
We asked people on the streets of Manchester what they think about the city being voted the least polite in the UK.
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00:00 Manchester has been voted the least polite city in the UK after data from
00:05 TripAdvisor and the online database Numbeo was compared. UK cities were
00:10 looked at and given a rating out of 30 with Manchester being given a very low
00:14 score of just 3.6. The city came just ahead of London which scored almost
00:19 double at 6.6 and Sunderland which came in at 8.6. TripAdvisor reviews were
00:25 scanned for words such as friendly, polite and fantastic and Numbeo's data
00:29 took into consideration a city's safety index and cleanliness score. We asked
00:34 people on the streets of Manchester what they think about the city being voted
00:37 the least polite in the UK. Very doubtful that. I can't imagine anybody saying that
00:44 Manchester's the least polite. I would say the further south you go, the less
00:50 people talk to you, they tend to ignore you. Whereas here at least when you're
00:53 walking round you know you get a smile or two. I always try and offer a smile best
01:00 I can. It depends if they make eye contact. So that's my opinion. I don't
01:06 think Manchester's definitely not the least polite. I can understand why
01:11 but I mean it's a big city I guess but I thought to be honest that London was
01:18 worse because I mean I've heard like in London it's very impolite especially
01:26 because it's like a big city I guess. I can't imagine. Times are hard. Maybe
01:31 people don't have the time to be polite. I don't agree with that really. Although
01:35 I don't come into Manchester city centre much but everybody's always so busy
01:40 rushing around. Maybe that is it. I don't know. And the times you know. People
01:46 aren't as happy as they used to be or as sociable I don't think. I don't think
01:50 anywhere people are sociable really. No I don't agree with that. I think we can be
01:55 direct. So my assessment having worked jobs where I've phoned people all over
02:00 the country that the further north you get the more friendly and polite
02:04 everyone is. There's like all the way to Scotland being just the nicest people to
02:09 talk to in the country and all the way when you go to like Devon they don't
02:13 want to speak to you.