Wait — NJ is friendlier than NY? Fuhgeddaboudit, New Yorkers say: ‘I’ve never met anyone nice from New Jersey’

Dukes up for a bridge-and-tunnel battle.

Perhaps unsurprising to many, tropical paradise Hawaii has been crowned nan friendliest authorities successful America, according to a caller study.

But successful a head-tilting move, New York was deemed nan third-friendliest down second-place finisher … New Jersey?

“I’ve ne'er met anyone bully from New Jersey,” Keith Toliver, 74, pointedly told The Post — pinch a grin — while passing done Penn Station this week. He was among those The Post randomly polled astir nan scandalous uncovering from bespoke recreation tract Journeyscape, which analyzed Reddit posts, nan number of visitors from overseas, LGBTQ+ equality and “happiness” scores from WalletHub.

“I deliberation New York is simply a amended spot to be,” nan autochthonal New Yorker added.

“New York gets a bad rap,” said New Jersey commuter Michael Claps, 63, who antecedently lived successful nan Empire State. “It’s really third? That’s shocking.”

Even though he now lives crossed nan river, he had nary problem defending his erstwhile authorities of residence.

“I deliberation New York group are ace friendly,” he declared, adding pinch a laugh, “the ones I know, astatine least.”

However, Devika Kumar, who grew up successful New Jersey but now lives successful NYC, believes that her existent stomping grounds are “just arsenic nice” arsenic her location state.

“It has a bad reputation, but group are really, really kind, you know?” nan 27-year-old told The Post. “People are very welcoming and friendly. I mean, you talk to me, I’m here, I’ll springiness you directions.

“We tin person an abrasive front, I think, and travel crossed a small spot difficult to approach, but we’re really bully group successful nan world,” she continued.

Ex-New Yorker Dylan Layman, 31 — who was visiting from Montana — agreed, adding that some states person “had a bad rep for decades” and specifically believes it’s “outdated” to deliberation nan Big Apple and its neighbour are rude.

He added that nan hustle and bustle of nan Big Apple is cardinal to its affability.

“I deliberation it helps that they spot much group successful a day,” he explained. “The much group you spot successful a day, nan much chances you person to beryllium friendly.”

Laura, a 60-year-old New Jersey autochthonal who preferred not to uncover her past name, agreed that New York is not that standoffish.

“If you’re stepping down nan thoroughfare and you grin astatine someone, they’re gonna grin back.”

However, aft a pause, she noted that New York is “probably” friendlier than its neighboring state.

“I deliberation New York’s astir apt a small tougher, possibly group aren’t arsenic friends [as] they could be,” she said. “But again, if you put a grin connected your look and say, ‘Hello,’ they’ll talk aliases they’ll grin back.”

San Francisco resident Shafeeq Ibraheem, 29, was pleasantly amazed to find New Yorkers very friends and adjuvant during his travel from nan West Coast. He moreover revealed that group helped him transportation his luggage done nan subway and different helped him get around. (To beryllium honest, moreover we’re a small shocked by that.)

He did, however, connection 1 clarification.

“California is bully but not kind,” he said, “and New York is benignant but not nice.”

But let’s beryllium real.

There are friends and unfriendly group everyplace you go, according to Jersey feline Andrew Fernandez.

“I’ve been astir successful different parts of Jersey, and you’re going to meet a batch of different group that are much friends than they are successful different areas,” he summed things up for The Post, adding, “And sometimes erstwhile you recreation to different parts of New York, you’ll meet immoderate rude people.”

Here are nan apical 10 friendliest states to visit, according to Journeyscape:

1. Hawaii
2. New Jersey
3. New York
4. California
5. Nevada
6. Massachusetts
7. Arizona
8. Illinois
9. Utah
10. Virginia