By Samuel Hebestreit
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Louisville ranked as the 14th rudest city in the U.S., according to a survey by Matt Zajechowskik.
Considering that 29% of Bellarmine students are from out of state, this ranking could be a deal-breaker when determining whether Bellarmine is the right fit for an incoming student.
After spending her second year in Louisville, Chicago native Abigail Giblin said, “I’d say people are pretty friendly. If you have to ask someone a question or something, they’re always really helpful. Nobody’s been rude to me in the last year or so.”
Some students, such as advanced nursing student Kelsey Sands, travel across the country to attend Bellarmine.
“I would say that people seem to be very friendly. I have a dog. Every time I’m walking him, I meet lots of new people. I feel like people genuinely care when they ask me questions and they really want to connect,” said Sands, a California resident.
Many students who compared their hometowns to Louisville disagreed with Louisville's placement, saying it's a much friendlier city than their hometown.
“You see lots of people back home in Chicago where they’re like, ‘Get out of my way’ if they’re having a bad day. You get hit with their anger,” Giblin said.
Although some students, such as Giblin, experience moments of rudeness in their hometowns, many said they have had no such experiences in Louisville.
“I feel that in my hometown a lot of people are more consumed with material things it seems than here. There’s more of an error of ego and less trying to make that connection with other human beings,” Sands said.
The survey included a total of 1,500 residents from 30 of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. Residents included in the survey were asked about the rudeness level of their city and asked to rate the rudeness of the average resident in their city.
Residents were required to live in their city for at least one year to be included in the survey. Those residents included in the survey were 50% women, 47% women, and 3% nonbinary.
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