We sure do like our clichés in the States. In our annual Readers' Choice Survey, we ask readers to rate cities on a number of factors, including "friendliness." Southern hospitality shines on that front—in the Top 10, all but three of the cities are in the South—while a total of five towns in the stereotypically brash Northeast earned spots on the mean-city list. | By cntraveler.com



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