SPEC ED: You need to read the six hostile responses to a simple question politely asked question. If you know anything about the vehicle perhaps you should comment.
My guess is serveral here have messaged him and asked the same question and probably were rude.
Doug: I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles. They are not like the people of NYC. My wife is from New York by the way. However, she's from a little place called Watkins Glen. I find most of the people at least polite there and the wine better than Ca. I am in the city relatively often because I fly for a major airline. There are some things that are rather consistant in certain geographic locations. Perhaps most there are used to certain behaviors because they are the norm for location. I am well educated, the difference is I have common sense. Book smart and common sense poor is a dangerous disposition.
It depends upon your perspective. At last count, there was something like 169 different languages spoken here. I never saw a number projected about what percentage that lived here, were actually born here but frankly, I wouldn't think that it is very high. Maybe in the 20-30% range?
I've been here all of my life. It has definitely changed and actually for the better. I think basically most New Yorkers just want to go about their life privately. It takes years to learn how to deal with pressure but I still maintain that the percentages of nice good and bad are the same. There are just more people here and more of every kind. It's all on how you fit in but at times I feel like everyone is from somewhere else and it's like Dorothy said, "I don't think we're in Kansas any more Toto?"
I don't defend the place. It is what it is. New York is just the "Horse of a different color. There's only one of 'em, an he's it". It's unlike any other city. It used to be that it was LA that everyone is from somewhere else? Now it's New York. No one owns it and no one will ever break it.
LA is just a different place. I think every big city is a love/hate relationship.